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The female is similarly marked, but has only a wash of the 

 bronzy colouring on the upper surface, and the bars of the 

 under surface much less distinct. 



The young, which are brown, Avith a still fainter wash of 

 bronze, have the throat and under surface grey, without any 

 trace of the bars, except on the under surface of the shoulder ; 

 the base of the tail-feathers deep rusty -red, the irides bright 

 grey, and the corners of the mouth yellow. 



Sp. 384. LAMPROCOCCYX MINUTILLUS, Gould. 

 Little Bronze Cuckoo. 



Chrysococcyx minutillus, Gould ia Proc. of Zool. Soc, part xxvii. 



p. 128. 

 Lamprococcijx minutillus, Cab. et Hein. Mus. Hein., Theil iv. Heft i. 



p. 15, note. 



Chrysococcyx minutillus, Gould, Birds of Australia, foL, Supple- 

 ment, pi. 



Nothing further is known respecting this little bronze 

 Cuckoo than that it is a native of Port Essington, whence the 

 only specimen I have yet seen was sent. The example alluded 

 to is fully adult, and differs very considerably from every other 

 species with which 1 am acquainted. It is one of the smallest 

 species of the genus, yet it has as stout a bill as some of the 

 larger kinds. 



Head, all the upper surface, and wings shining bronzy 

 green ; all the under surface white, barred with bronzy green, 

 the bars being most distinct on the flanks ; primaries and 

 secondaries white on the basal portion of their inner webs ; 

 two centre tail-feathers bronzy green, the next on each side 

 bronzy green on the outer web, rufous on the inner web, 

 crossed by a broad band of black near the tip, and with an 

 oval spot of white across the tip of the inner web ; the two 

 next on each side bronzy green on their outer webs, their 

 inner webs rufous with large spots of black near the shaft, 



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