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Genus-MISOCALIUS.— Tail square. 



460. M. palliolatUS, Lath., Black-eared Cuckoo. 



Ashy-brown ; quills dark brown ; outermost upper tail coverts 

 with broad white marginal ends and some faint bars ; all tail 

 feathers with broad whitish ends, and five other distinct white bars on 

 inner webs of outer pairs ; on sides of head a broad white eyebrow 

 and a black band through eye over ear coverts ; under surface of 

 body rufous-buff; white on abdomen, thighs, and under tail coverts. 

 Total length, 7 '5 in. ; bill, 0'75 in. ; wing, 4"75 in. 

 Hab. : 1, 6, 7, 8, 9. 



Genus— CHALCOCOCCYX.— Under surface of quills with a single oblique 



pale bar. 

 481. C. basalis. Hors. (Chalcites basalis), Narrow-billed Bronze Cuckoo 

 Basal two-thirds of tail rufous, except outer feathers, which are 

 blackish, with six broad white bars (British Museum Catalogue) ; 

 outer tail feather on each side alternately and broadly barred with 

 blackish-brown and white, the three next on each side rufous- 

 chestnut at base, passing into green towards extremity, and ending 

 in blackish-brown spotted with white (Gould). 

 Hab. : 1 to 9. 



462. C plagOSUS, Lath. (Chalcites plagosus), Bronze Cuckoo. 



Basal half of tail never uniform rufous ; no rufous edges to quills 

 and with less rufous on under surface of wings and outer pair of tail 

 feathers ; crown and back of neck dark violet-brown. 



Total length, 6 "2 in. ; wing, 4 in. ; tail, 3 in. 

 Hab. : 1 to 9. 



463. C. lucidus, Lath., Broad-billed Bronze Cuckoo. 



Similar to C. plagosus ; bill stronger ; crown and back of neck 

 green ; penultimate tail feather with less rufous than in C. 

 plagosus. 



Hab. : 2, 3. 



464. C. poecillirilS, Gray (includes C. russatus, Gld., andC. minutellus, 



Gld. ), Rufous-throated Bronze Cuckoo. 



Basal half of tail never uniform rufous ; narrow rufous edges to 



quills, and more rufous on under surface of wings and outer pair of 



tail feathers. 



Total length, 5 - S in. ; culmen, 05 in. ; wing, 3*7 in. (less than 4 in.) 

 C. malayanus, Raffl., is not considered an Australian bird (British 



Museum Catalogue Birds, xix., p. 298). 

 Hab. : 1, 2, 8. 



Genus— EUDYN AMIS. — Fourth quill longest or equal to third. 



465. E. cyailOCepliala, Lath. (E. flindersii, Vig. and Hors.), Koel. 



Adult Male. — Black, with bright greenish- blue gloss. 



Total length, 16 in. ; bill, 1'2 in.; wing, 8 in.; tail, 8*4 in. ; 

 tarsus, 13 in. 



Adult Female. — Upper half of head and back of neck glossy 

 greenish-black ; rest of upper parts dark brown, with an olive gloss ; 

 back and wing coverts thickly spotted with white ; quills, rump, and 

 tail feathers with numerous white bars ; chin and upper throat 

 black, with white spots ; rest of under parts whitish, with narrow 

 black bars. 



Hab. : 1, 2, 3, (7), 8. 



Genus— SCYTHROPS. — Bill very large ; culmen has a lateral groove. 



466. S. llOVae-hollaildia?. Lath., Channel-bill. 



Head, throat, nape, and upper part of breast drab and buff; back 

 dull brown ; lower part of breast and abdomen greyish-yellow, with 

 pale wavy marking ; bill horn colour ; iris red. 



