CACOMANTTS. — CHRTSOCOCCYX. — CHALCOCOCCTX. 117 



Cacomantis passerinus ( VaJil). 

 (Plate ir. %. 10.) 



Cuciilus passerinus, Legge, Birds Ceylon, p. 235 (1878). 



Cacomantis passerinus, Ontes ed. Hume, Nests Sf Eqgs Ind. Birds, ii. p. 385 

 (J890) ; Shelley, Cat. Birds B. M. xix. p. 277 (1891) ; Blanf. Fauna 

 Brit. Ind., Birds, iii. p. 216 (1895) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. ii. p. 160 

 (1900). 



The ej?gs of the Indian Plaintive Cuckoo are almost elliptical in 

 shape, slightly glossy, and of a pale blue colour, sparingly spotted 

 and blotched with pale reddish brown and lilac-grey. Two examples 

 measure respectively: "TB by -SI; -78 by "So. 



1. Kotagherri, Nilghiri Hills, 22nd Hume Coll. 



Sept. {Miss Cockburn). 

 1. Kotagherri, 26th Sept. {Miss Cock- Hume Coll. 



burn). 



Genus CHRYSOCOCCYX, Boie. 

 Clnysococcyx klaasi (Stej^h.). 



Cuculus klaasi, Sharpe, ed. Layard's Birds S. Africa, p. 155 (1875-84). 

 Chrysococcyx klaasi, Shelley, Cat. Birds B. M. xix. p. 283 (1891) ; 

 ' Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 171 (1899) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. ii. p. 161 

 (1900) ; Ivy, Ibis, 1901, p. 28. 



An egg in the Collection, attributed to Klaas's Cuckoo, is nearly 

 elliptical in shape and moderately glossy. It is cream-coloured, 

 very densely freckled with greyish brown over the whole surface. 

 It measures •74 by "S. 



1. Potchefsti'oom, Transvaal (T. ^4 yres; Crowley Bequest. 

 'Tristram Coll.). 



Chrysococcyx cupreus (Bodd.). 



Chrysococcyx cupreus, Sharpe, ed. Layard^s Birds S. Africa, p. 153 



'(1875-84); Ay res, Ibis, 1878, p. 407, 1879, p. 297 ; Shelley, Cat. 



Birds B. M. xix. p. 285 (1891) ; Nehrk. Kat. Eieisamml. p. 171 



(1899) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. ii. p. 161 (1900) ; Haugner, Ibis, 1901, 



p. 16 ; Ivy, Ibis, 1901, p. 26. 



An egg, said to be that of the Golden Cuckoo, is nearly an 

 ellipse in shape and is moderately glossy. It is of a bluish-white 

 colour, spotted and mottled with greyish brown and lavender. It 

 resembles some eggs of Passer dornesticus. It measures '9 by '6. 



1. Is eitsA {T. Ay res: Tristram Coll.). Crowley Bequest. 



Geuus CHALCOCOCCYX, Cab. 



Chalcococcyx maculatus (Gm.). 



(Plate II. fig. 8.) 



Cuculus maculatus, Legge, Birds Ceylon, p. 238 (1878), 



Chalcococcyx maculatus, Oates ed. Hume, Nests 8c Eggs Ind. Birds, ii. 



