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234 Broad-billed Bronze Cuckoo (New Zealand, Shining), 

 Pipiwharauroa, G. lucidus, E.A., T., N.Z., Chatham 

 Is., Macquarie Is. (ace). Mig. v.r. open, timber 6.2 



Like 233, but outer tail feathers barred white; next fea- 

 thers barred rufous; forehead freckled with white; 

 crown, hind-neck shining-green; bill broader; f., duller. 

 Insects. 

 235*Bronze Cuckoo, G. plagosus, A., T., Pac. Is. 



Mig. c. open, timber 6.2 

 Like 233, 234; crown, hind-neck dark violet-brown; very- 

 little rufous on tail; f., duller. Insects, caterpillars. 

 1 236 Channel-bill, Giant Cuckoo, Storm (Flood, Rain) 

 1 Bird Toucan (e), Hornbill (e), Scythrops novae- 



hollandiae, Cel., Flores, Mol., A., T. (once). 



Mig. r. plains 24 



Gray; tail banded black; tipped white barred black, white 



below; bill very large, light horn-color; red about eye; 



f., smaller. Insects, berries. 



F. 97. Indicatoridae, Honey-Guides, 18 sp — 2(2)0., 16(16)E. 



F. 98. Gapitonidae, Barbets, 140 sp.— 40(40)0., 82(82)E., 



18(18)N1. 

 F. 99. Rhamphastidae, Toucans, 60 sp. Nl. 

 F. 100. Galbulidae, Jacamars, 22 sp. Nl. 

 F. 101. Bucconidae, Puff Birds, 45 sp. Nl. 

 F. 102. Picidae, Woodpeckers, Piculets, Wrynecks, Flickers, 

 440 sp.— 6(5)A., 124(117)0., 41(33)P., 54(53)E., 

 44(32)Nc, 197(181)N1. 

 F. 103. Eurylaemidae, Broadbills, 16 sp. O. The only family 

 of birds restricted to the Oriental Region. 



The Brush Cuckoo is rare. In fact, considerable difficulty was 

 experienced in obtaining a specimen for the photograph above, as 

 there was no named specimen in the National Museum. Thanks 

 to Messrs. Kershaw and French, the difficulty was at last over- 

 come. 



The Bronze Cuckoos are very similar. They will be imme- 

 diately recognized by the under-surface barred brown and white, 

 and the golden-green or bronze lustre of the dark back. The 

 New Zealand Bronze-Cuckoo migrates from N.E. Australia and 

 New Guinea. Apparently it sometimes migrates down the East 

 Coast, instead of to New Zealand. 



The Narrow-billed Bronze Cuckoo has a narrower bill, and the 

 centre tail feathers are brownish-chestnut at the base. While 

 the birds are so similar, their eggs are quite unlike. The Bronze 

 Cuckoo lays a bronze egg, generally in dome-shaped or covered 

 nests. It is sometimes found in Tits' nests. The Narrow-billed 

 Bronze Cuckoo has a red-speckled egg, which is placed often in 

 an open or cup-shaped nest. 



The last Cuckoo— the Channel-bill— is one of the largest of 

 Cuckoos. It is a northern bird, which very rarely reaches the 

 southern part of the continent. Its large bill is characteristic. 



