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X. Amer. Birds, ii. p. 27, pi. v. fius. 3 & 4 (1895) : Seehohm, E(/f/!< 

 of Brit. Birds, p. 175, pi. 49. fig. 6 (1896) ; Salv. S( Godm. Biol. 

 Centr.-Amer., Aoes, ii. p. 526 (1896) ; Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. 

 p. 172 (1899) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. \\. p. 164 (1900). 



The eggs ot' the Black-billed Cuckoo are of a somewhat deep 

 greenish-blue colour. They measure from 103 to 1-16 in length, 

 and from "79 to "87 in breadth. 



1. North America (Smiths. List.). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



12. North America (Ilenshmc Coll.). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



3. North America. Crowley Bequest. 



1. North America (Tristram Coll.). Crowley Bequest. 

 9. United States of America. Seebohm Coll. 



2. Itiver St. Croix, Nova Scotia Crowley Bequest. 



{H. E. Dresser). 



Coccyzus cinereus, Vieill. 



Coccyzus cinereus, Scl. ^- Huds. Arr/ent. Orn. ii. p. 38 (1889) ; Shellei/, 

 Cat. Birds B. M. xix. p. 312 (1891) ; ^'ehrk. Kat. Eiersimml. 

 p. 172 (1899); Sharpe, Hand-l. ii. p. 164 (1900). 



The eggs of the Cinereous Cuckoo are of a plain white colour. 

 Two examples measure respectively : 1*1 by "77 ; 1 by "76. 



2. Argentine Republic. Crowley Bequest. 



Genus URODYNAMIS, Sahad. 

 Urodynamis taitiensis (Sjuimn.). 



Eudynamis taitensis, Buller, Birds Neio Zeal. 2nd ed. i. p. 127 (1888). 

 Urodynamis taitiensis, Shelley, Cat. Birds B. M. xix. p. 314 (1891) ; 

 Sharpe, Hand-l. ii. p. 164 (1900). 



An egg of the Long-tailed Cuckoo in the Collection is spherical 

 in shape, rough in texture, and jjale buff in colour. The measure- 

 ments are I'l by "So. 



1. New Zealand. W. Radcliffe Saunders, Esq. 



[P.]. 



Genus EUDYNAMIS, Vi(j. Sf- Borsf. 

 Eudynamis honorata (Linn.). 



Eudynamis orientalis, Layard, Ann. l^- Man. Nat. Hist. (2) xiii. p. i'A 

 (1854). 



Eudynamis honorata, Legge, Birds Ceylon, p. 251 (1878); Barnes, 

 Joiirn. Bomb. Nat. Hi.<'t. Soc. iv. p. 19, ])1. — . tig. 214 (1889) ; 

 Oates ed. Hmne, Nests Sf Eqgs Ind. Birds, ii. p. 392 (1890) ; Shelleij, 

 Cat. Birds B. M. xix. p. 316 (1891) ; Blanf. Fauna Brit. Ind., Birds, 

 iii. p. 228 (1895) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. ii. p. 164 (1900). 



Eudynamis maculata. La Touche, Ibis, 1892, p. 480. 



The eggs of the Indian Koel bear a general resemblance to those 

 of the Crows (Corvus), in the nests of which birds they usually 

 deposit their eggs. They are of a blunt oval form and are 



