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that he should have included the Maluri (Wrens) and Acanthizae 

 (Tits) for this particular cuckoo. 



The following is an enumeration of the foster-parents of the 

 Pallid Cuckoo, as far as are known at present, the majority being 

 now recorded for the first time, namely : — 



Vernacular Name. 



White-plumed Honey-eater 

 Yellow-tufted ,, 



Yellow-faced ,, 



Fuscous ,, 



Yellow-throated ,, 

 White-eared ,, 



Lunulated ,, 



Brown -headed ,, 



Black-headed ,, 



Strong-billed ,, 



Wattle- Bird 



Brush Wattle- Bird 

 Spinebill ... 

 Friar Bird ... 



Minah 



Brown Honey-eater 



New Holland Honey-eater 



Hooded Robin 



Dusky ,, 



Oriole 



Rufous-banded Thickhead 



White-throated ,, 



Black and White Fantail 



Brown Flycatcher 



Leaden-coloured Flycatcher 



Wood Swallow 



White- browed Wood- 

 Swallow 



Masked Wood -Swallow ... 



White-rumped Wood- 

 Swallow 



Harmonious Thrush 



Magpie Lark 



Caterpillar-catcher 



Scientific Name. 



Ptilotis penicillata 



P. auricomis 



P. chrysops 



P. fusca 



P. flavigularis ... 



P. leucotis 



Melithreptus lunulatus... 



M. brevirostris ... 



M. melanocephalus 



M. validirostris ... 



Acanthochasra carunculata 



A. mellivora 



Acanthorhynchus tenuirostris 



Philemon corniculatus ... 



Myzantha garrula ' ... 



Glycyphila ocularis 



Meliornis novre-hollandke 



Petneca bicolor 



P. vittata 



Oriolus viridis ... 

 Pachycephala rufogularis 

 P. gutturalis 

 Khipidura tricolor 

 Micrceca fascinans 



By Whom First 

 Recorded or 

 Reported. 

 A. J. C. 

 Dr. Ramsay 



A. E. Brent, Tas. 

 C. French, jun. 

 Dr. Ramsay 

 G. E. Shepherd 

 A. E. Brent, Tas. 



L. Palmer 

 A. J. C. 



A. J. C. 

 Messrs. Barnard, 

 A. J. C. 



Messrs. Barnard, Q 

 G. E. Shepherd 

 J. T. Gillespie 

 F. H. Reed 

 A. J. C. 

 Messrs. Brittlebank 



O. 



Myiagra rubecula 

 Artamus sordidus 



A. superciliosus 

 A. personatus 



H. Lau, Q. (Oct., 



1868) 

 G. E. Shepherd 

 J. T. Gillespie 



A.Campbell, jun. 

 G. E. .Shepherd 



A. leucogaster ... 

 Collyriocincla harmonica 

 Grallina picata ... 

 Lalage tricolor ... 



Messrs. Barnard, Q. 

 Messrs. Brittlebank 

 J. Sommers 

 A. J. C. and G. E. 

 Shepherd. 



It will appear from the foregoing list of foster-parents of the 

 Pallid Cuckoo that the Honey-eaters are the most favoured tribe, 

 but in every case birds that construct an open nest are 

 selected. 



To the list must be added the introduced birds, the Greenfinch, 

 Ligurinus chloris, and Blackbird, Turdus mcrula, for Mr. 

 Charles French, jun., writes me : — " An egg of the Pallid Cuckoo 

 was taken in the nest of the Greenfinch at Albert Park (near 

 Melbourne) on the 24th November, 1894. I also found an egg 

 of the Pallid Cuckoo some time ago in the nest of the English 



