358 CUCULIFORMES CHAP. 
regions or barren plains. The plumage is brownish, with white 
margins to the feathers and a purple tinge on the rufous-mottled 
head, neck, and breast ; the back is greener, the tail more lilac, 
the abdomen white, the bare orbits blue and red. With its long 
stout legs this species covers the ground very quickly, running 
with outstretched neck, elevated crest, slightly expanded wings, 
and jerking tail, or springing into trees and taking brief flights : 
Fic. 70.—Radiated Ground-Cuckoo. Carpococcyx radiatus. +4, (From wVature.) 
it is even difficult to outpace it with dogs or on horseback. It 
eats insects, snapping some in the bill as it leaps into the air, 
and enjoys grasshoppers, mice, and lizards; in captivity it is 
thievish. The note is low, the beak being occasionally clattered. 
The nest of twigs and grass, placed in bushes, contains from 
three to nine white eggs, the male apparently assisting in incuba- 
tion. Carpococeyx radiatus of Borneo, and C. viridis of Sumatra, 
are the only Old World species in this group. 
Sub-fam. 5. Diplopterinae.—Diplopterus naevius, a pale brown 
