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'■l ms— TAX YSIPTERA.— Centre tail feathers elongated and spatulate, 



154 T. Sylvia, Gld., White-tailed Kingfisher. 



Head purplish bine; mantle black; wing coverts ultramarine; 

 under surface cinnamon. 



M ;il.- Total length, 13 in.; cuUnen, 1 '3 in.; wing, 3*8 in.: 



.1 tail feathers, !» in. ; tarsus, 0*5 in. 

 Female. Total length, 9 <i in. : Longest feather of tail, 5*2 in. ; 

 other feathers, 2*2 in. 

 Hah. .- 2. 



Sub-order— Coccyges. 



Feet zygodactyl or Bemi-zygodactyL 



FAMILY— CUCULID^E. 



Feet zygodactyl; Bpinal tract furcate between the shoulders; caeca 



present. 



Sub-family — CucuLiNiE. 

 Wing Long and flat, not fitting to the body. 



GENUS — CUCULUS. — Tail fan-shaped; wings reaching beyond tail 

 coverts ; under surface of quills barred. 



: "~' i\ intermedins, Vahl. (C. cauoroides, S. Miill. ; C. optatus, Gld.), 



Oriental ( uckoo. 



Head, throat, and back blue-grey ; breast whitish, barred with 

 black. 



Hah. : 2, 3. 



(56. i\ pallidQS, Lath., Pallid Cuckoo. 



Whole appearance grey ; eyelash yellow ; tail barred with white ; 

 breast uniform, not barred with white and black. 

 Hab. : 1 to 9. 



- CACOMANTIS. Tail Can-shaped; wings not reaching to end of 

 t,nl coverts ; under surface of wing with single oblique white bar. 



167. C« flabelliforillis. Lath. (Cuculus cineraceua, Yig. and Hors.), 

 Fan tailed Cuckoo (Ash-coloured Cuckooj. 



Grey above; breast ferruginous; outer webs of tail feathers 

 toothed with white; upper parts paler and greyer than following 

 ies. Wing, 5 l in. 



Hah. : 1 tO '.'. 



158. C. >ariolosns. Hois. (C. dumetorum; C. tymbonomus, S Mull.), 

 Square tailed ( luckoo. 



Upper parts darker, brown; breast buff; under tail coverts buflf; 

 no white markings on outer webs of tail featl • 



Total Length, 8'5 in. ; wiiil', -I'S in. 



Hah. : L, •_'. :;. i. ii. 8, 9 



( '. insperatus is not considered an Australian bird (British 

 Museum Catalogue Birds, six., p. _7.".t. 



Upper puts darker than < . nabelliformis ; breast darker than 

 ( variolosus, partially washed with rufous; under tail ooverti 

 rufous : do white markings i uter weba of tail feather. 



B in. ; w ing, 4 4 in. 



i . 4-;is(,-iiHM\<'iilris. Gld., Chestnut breasted Cuckoo. 



Up] barely glossed with green onv 



only; breasl brigh.1 rufous j under tail ooverti chestnut. 



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