the Birds of North Queensland. 641 



uniform white, Avith only faint indications of bars on the 

 throat ; under wing-coverts uniform white, unbarred ; tail 

 with much less rufous than in the adult. " Iris brown ; 

 feet slatish green; bill blackish. Food, insects " {Olive). 



85. ^Chalcococcyx plagosus (Lath.); Shelley, t. c. p. 297. 

 " Rather scarce at Cooktown, where it occurs only during 



the four winter months. Iris yellow in the male, brown or 

 whitish brown in the female j feet brown or black; bill 

 black ^' {Olive). 



86. fEuDYNAMis CYANOCEPHALA (Lath.) ; Shelley, t. c. 

 p. 324. 



Three males from Bellenden Ker and Sapphiri, one of 

 which still shows remnants of the immature plumage. " Iris 

 red; feet slate ; bill bluish white. Food, fruit ^^ {Olive). 



87. Centropus PHASiANus (Lath.) ; Shelley, t. c. p. 340. 

 " Plentiful in forest country, feeding on the ground. 



When disturbed they fly to the nearest tree and ascend it 

 by a series of short flights from branch to branch. They 

 nest in tussocks of grass and lay three eggs.^' Mr. Olive 

 has sent four specimens from Cooktown, shot in June and 

 July, of which one is in the black breeding-plumage with a 

 few remnants of the lighter plumage on the lower surface ; 

 another, possibly a young bird, is moulting into the non- 

 breeding -plumage, whilst two others are just acquiring the 

 breeding-plumage. All these birds have the iris white ; feet 

 slate ; bill black or brown. 



Eight specimens from Mount Sapphiri, collected in October, 

 have almost completed their moult into the breeding-plumage 

 and have the iris red, feet and bill slate. In this species 

 females are distinctly larger than males, the difference in the 

 length of the tail being very marked. 



88. fScYTHROPS Nov.E-HOLLANDi^ (Lath.) ; Shcllcy, t. c. 

 p. 330. 



A small series of adult and immature birds from Mount 

 Sapphiri ; the latter have the abdomen and under wing- 

 coverts faintly barred with greyish black. 



