G18 BIRDS or AUSTRALIA. 



The young, "independently of the differences pointed out 

 above, has the feet yellowish olive, the soles of the feet yellov^ ; 

 the bill yellowish olive, the corner of the mouth and the tip of 

 the bill being more yellow than the rest of that organ ; irides 

 greyish brown. 



Sp. 379. CACOMANTIS FLABELLIFORMIS. 

 Fan-tailed Cuckoo. 



Cuculus flabellifurmis, Lath. Ind. Orn., Supp. vol. ii. p. 30. 



rufulus, Vieill. Nouv. Diet. d^Hist. Nat., toni. viii. p. 234. 



jjyrrhophaenus, Vieill. lb., torn. viii. p. 234. 



prionurus, Licht. Verz. Doubl., p. 9. 



cineraceus, Vig. and Horsf. in Linn. Trans. ^ vol. xv. p. 298. 



incertus, Vig. and Horsf. lb., vol. xv. p. 299. 



variolosus, Vig. and llorsf. lb., vol. xv. p. 300. 



■ flavus, pt., Less. Traite d'Orn., p. 152. 



cinerascens, Gray and Mitch. Gen. of Birds, vol. ii. p. 463, 



Cuculus, sp. 41. 



pyrrhophanes, Gray and Mitch. lb., vol. ii. p. 463, Cuculus, sp. 46. 



Cacomantis flahelliformis, Bonap. Consp. Gen. Av., torn. i. 104, Caco- 



mantis, sp. 7. 



incertus, Bonap. Consp. Vol. Zygod., p. 6. 



Du'laar, Aborigines of the lowland districts of Western Australia. 

 Lesser Cuckoo of the Colonists. 



Cuculus cineraceus, Gould, Birds of Australia, foL, voL iv. pL 86. 



This is a migratory species, arriving in Tasmania in Septem- 

 ber, and, after spending the summer months therein, departing 

 to the northward in January and February. In the southern 

 parts of the continent of Australia solitary individuals remain 

 throughout the winter, as evidenced by my having observed it 

 round Adelaide in July : I have never seen individuals from 

 the north coast ; I therefore infer that its migratory movements 

 are somewhat restricted ; in all probability the 26th degree of 

 latitude may be the extent of its range to the northward. 

 During the summer months, its distribution over the southern 

 portion of the continent may be said to be universal, but 



