632 BIRDS OF AUSTRALIA. 



Sp. 387. EUDYNAMIS FLINDERST. 



Australian Koel. 



Cuculus cyanocephalus, Lath. lud. Orn., Supp. vol. ii. p. xxx. 



flindersiiylidith., Vig. and Horsf. in Linn. Trans., vol. xv. p. 305, 



Eudynamys orientalis, Vig. and Horsf. lb., p. 304. 



flindersii, Vig. and Horsf. lb., p. 305. 



Eudynamis australis, Swains. Anim. in Menag., &c., p. 344. 

 Eudynamys australis, Gray, Gen. of Birds, vol. ii. p. 464, Eudynamys, 



sp. 6. 

 Eudynamis flindersi, Reich. Vog. Neuholl., torn. ii. p. 216. 



Eudynamys flindersii, G-ould, Birds of Australia, foL, vol. iv. pi. 91. 



It will be seen by the list of synonyms quoted above, that the 

 young and the adult have been considered as distinct species, 

 and that the specific name FUndersi, which I have retained 

 from its priority, has been applied to the bird in one of the 

 earhest stages of its existence after leaving the nest, when the 

 prevailing tints of its plumage are rufous brown, with trans- 

 verse markings of dark brown ; from this state until the bird 

 attains maturity, many parti-coloured changes of plumage 

 occur ; but whether the sexes when fully adult are alike in 

 colouring, I have not been able to ascertain ; I am inclined 

 to think they are not, and that the specimens having the 

 upper surface regularly spotted with white on a bronzed olive 

 ground, and with zigzag marks or bars on the bufFy white of 

 the under surface, are adult females. 



This bird is very abundant in all the brushes of the east 

 coast, from the river Hunter to Moreton Bay, and thence 

 round to Torres Straits ; it was also found in considerable 

 abundance by Sir George Grey on the north-west coast. I 

 did not meet with it myself, and I regret to say that no 

 information has yet been obtained respecting its habits and 

 manners. I should be glad to know if it be parasitic or not, 

 and also the size and colour of its egg. 



The adult male has the entire plumage deep glossy greenish 



