1872.J ON A NEW SPECIES OF CUCKOO FROM CELEBES. 123 



EXCALFACTORIA CHINENSIS (Linn.) 1 



A single " egg of a Quail " we suppose to belong to this species. Mr. L. Layard describes Ibis?, 1872, 

 the bird as not uncommon. The egg is of a darkish brown generally, but irregularly speckled ^^' ^'^^' 

 and blotched with very dark madder-brown specks and blotches of various sizes. Axis 12"', 

 diam. 9"'. 



TUKNIX OCELLATA (Scop.) 1 



A second Quail's egg is sent, which, from our knowledge of eggs of birds of this genus, we 

 fully believe to belong to this species. 



It is of a dirty pale-brown ground, profusely spotted with black and dark-brown speckles, 

 chiefly at the obtuse end. Tiie small end is rather acutely pointed. Axis 12'", diam. 8'". 



BescrqMon of a supposed neio Species of Cuckoo from Celebes. By Aethue, Viscount Walden, a. M. N.H. 

 P.Z.S. [From the ' Annals and Magazine of Natural History,' ser. 4, vol. ix., April 1872.] 8er.4 vol.ix. 



HiEEOCOCCTX CEASSIEOSTEIS, n. Sp. 



A collection of birds recently made in North Celebes by Dr. Meyer contains two examples 

 of a Cuculine form which appears to be undescribed. They severally represent a distinct and 

 very marked phase of plumage. Yet neither can be affirmed to have attained its full livery. 

 One example is in the " hepatic " stage, the other may be wearing the adult garb. 



Example No. 1, hepatic plumage, has the nape, back, upper tail-coverts, upper surface of 

 the wings, and the quills bright chestnut. The nuchal feathers, which are white at their base, 

 are broadly fringed with black, giving a barred appearance to the nape. The interscapulars are 

 obscurely edged with brown. The shoulder-coverts have black subterminal marks, or are else 

 faintly clouded with black markings. The quills are almost of a uniform chestnut above and below ; 

 subterminally they are more or less clouded with brown. The inner webs at their insertions are 

 pure white, which descends for about one-third of their length. There are no bands or bars on 

 either surface of the quills. The under shoulder- and tail-coverts are pure cream-colour, devoid 

 of any markings. The middle pair of rectrices are broadly banded with black. The intervals 

 between the black bands, and which are much narrower than the black bands, are bright 

 chestnut on the outer edges, but pure white near the shaft. The two portions of each band 

 divided by the intervening shaft are unsymmetrical. The remaining pairs are also broadly 

 banded with black, but the intervals are less chestnut, becoming nearly aU white in the fifth pair. 

 In this outer pair the bands are nearly symmetrical. All the rectrices are broadly tipped with A. M. N. H. 

 pure white. The shafts assume the colour of the webs they support. The under surface of the ^^^' ^aV^' 

 body is rich creamy white, a few of the feathers with a broad, bold, black, transverse band. On 

 the breast a black band or collar, formed by each feather being crossed by a subterminal black 

 bar. Head black mixed with ferruginous, the base of the feathers being pure white. Cheeks 



