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Remark. — Closely allied to the Common Cuckoo {Cuculus canorus) 

 of Europe. 



CucuLus iN'SPERATūs. Cuc. cūpite, guld, et corpore superiore cte- 



ruleo-griseis ; alis, dorsoque nitide viridescentibus ; caudd brunneo- 



viridi singuld plumd apice albo, et marginibus pogoniorum inte- 



riorum ordine macularum albarum triangularium ornatis ; parte 



subscapulari tectricibus caudce inferioribus, crissogue rufis ; corpore 



subtiis rufo-tincto-griseo. 



Head, throat and all the upper surface dark slate-grey ; back and 



wings glossed with green ; taU glossy brownish green, each feather 



tipped with white, and with a row of triangular-shaped white marks 



on the margins of the inner webs ; primaries and secondaries with a 



patch of white on their inner webs near the base ; edge of the shoulder 



Avhite ; under surface of the shoulder, vent and under tail-coverts 



rufous ; the remainder of the under surface grey, washed with rufous ; 



bill black ; feet olive. 



Totai length, 9į inches ; bill, 1 ; wing, 6į ; tail, 5 ; tarsi, f. 

 Hab. New South "VVales. 



Remark. — Nearly allied to Cuculus cineraceus of Vigors and Hors- 

 field. 



Cuculus dumetorum. Cuc. capite, uropygio, collogue saturate 

 caruleo-griseis ; alis, caudd dorsogue metallice brunneis ; apicibus 

 remigum leviter albis ; pogoniis interioribus serie macularum tri- 

 angularium parvarum ornatis; peetore griseo, rufo-tincto. 

 Head, neck and rump dark slate-grey ; back, vdngs and tail bronzy 

 brown ; tail-feathers slightly tipped with white and with a row of 

 small triangular-shaped spots on the margins of their inner webs ; 

 breast grey, washed with rufous ; under surface of the shoulder, flanks, 

 vent and under tail-coverts deep rufous ; irides brown. 



Totai length, 8^ inches ; bill, | ; -vping, 5 ; tail, ^\ ; tarsi, į. 



Hab. Port Essington, Australia. 



Remark. — Nearly allied to Cuculus insperatus. 



Sphenceacus gramineus. Sphen. vittd supra oculos albd; corpore 



superne brunneo; medid plumarum saturate brunned ; subtiis griseo ; 



lateribus crissogue cervinis ; medid parte singula plumce pectoris 



lined minimd saturate brunned ornatd. 



Stripe over the eye M^hite ; all the upper surface brown, the cen- 



tres of the feathers being dark brown ; secondaries brownish black, 



margined with bufF ; tail pale reddish brown, with dark browu shafts ; 



under surface grey, passing into buff on the flanks and vent ; each 



feather of the breast with a very minute line of dark brown down the 



centre ; bill and tarsi fleshy brown. 



Totai length, 5į inches ; biU, ^ ; wing, 2į ; tail, 2| ; tarsi, į. 

 Hab. Van Diemen's Land and the southem coast of Australia ge- 

 nerally. 



Pachtcephala glaucura. Pach. capite, loris, spatio infra oculos, 

 et latd maculd semilunari trans pectus saturate nigris ; guld, intra 

 maculam nigram, albd; nuchdposteriore, lined angustd apud latera 



