^8 Campbell, Additions to •' H. L. White Collection." [ist^'oct. 



Cuckoos were holding a concert. Got pretty close to them ; 

 counted six birds in one tree. Every couple of minutes all called 

 at the same time. There were three different calls — (a) three 

 notes repeated several times in ascending half-tones ; (b) single 

 note several times repeated, in descending half-tones ; and (c) 

 a shrill, sharp, trilling, long note.] 



* ? Chalcococcyx basalis, Horsiield. Narrow-billed Bronze-Cuckoo. 

 Chalcites b. vwdesta. 



One o, I $ (juv.) These specimens are referable to the widely- 

 distributed species basalis, which no doubt extends to locahties 

 beyond Austraha proper. 



*Chalcococcyx russata, Gould. Rufous-throated Bronze-Cuckoo. 

 Neochalcites riissatiis. 



Two oo. In a previous article {Emu, xviii., p. i8o) I commented 

 on this species and C. minutillits as separate species easily 

 differentiated from skins, but may have to modify the views 

 expressed regarding the colour of their eggs. In a private letter 

 from Dr. Wm. Macgilhvray he expresses the opinion that russata 

 lays an oIi\'e-coloured egg, as does minutillus. 

 Centropus phasi^nus, Latham. Pheasant-Coucal. 

 Polophihis p. fhasianus. 



One S- In full plumage, and mostly resembles macrourus, from 

 Northern Territory. Surely macrourus and melanurus are 

 sufficient names to designate northern races of the Coucal without 

 inventing yet another — yorki. Prof. Thompson, of Aberdeen, 

 reminds us that " entities should not be multiplied beyond 

 necessity." 



[12/1/20. — Great Coucal chorus heard' all the morning. 

 29/3/20. — Flushed a Coucal from its nest in a tussock of grass. 

 In places the grass was very high, the seed-stems running up to 

 from 8 to 10 feet. 31/3/20. — Found Coucal's nest containing 

 four eggs, much incubated, in a tussock in open country. 

 17/12/19. — Saw an Austrahan Goshawk in full chase after a 

 Coucal, which flew into a tree, then dropped to the ground, where 

 it stood with wings and tail outspread and feathers of back, neck, 

 and head erected, uttering its short, scolding call, the Goshawk 

 meanwhile perching in the tree above. After a time the Coucal 

 flew off, when the Goshawk again gave chase. Both disappeared 

 into a patch of scrub, where I again heard the protesting cries of 

 the Coucal. When I reached the place the two birde^ had dis- 

 appeared.] 



*Pitta simillima, Gould. Lesser Pitta. 

 Austropitta versicolor simillima. 



Three S6, 2 ??. A remarkably valuable series, especially the 

 males, which, taken during February on Jama or Turtleback 

 Island, show a transition stage of plumage apparently seasonal. 

 The old plumage of the upper surface is abraded and bluish, while 

 the new patches show golden-green. The brownish under surface, 

 too, is different, being lighter and a greenish-buff. 



