118 CUCULID^. 



p. 387 (1890) ; Shelley, Cat. Birds B. M. xix. p. 291 (1891) ; 

 Sharpe, Hnnd-l. ii. p. 161 (1900). 

 Chrysococcyx maculatus, Blanf. Fauna Brit, hid., Birds, iii. p. 222 

 (1895). 



An Q^g, attributed to the Indian Emerald Cuckoo by Mr. Hume, is 

 almost a perfect ellipse in shape and possesses a fair amount of 

 gloss. It is of a brownish-pink colour and measures -8 by '62. 



1. Leboug, Sikhira, 12th July Hume Coll. 



(i. MdndeUi). 



Chalcococcyx basalis (Horsf.). 



Chalcites lucidus (nee Gni.), Ramsay, P. Z. S. 1865, p. 460. 

 Lauiprococcyx basalis, Gould, Handb. Birds Atistr. i. p. 626 (1865) ; 



Ramsay, P. Z. S. 1869, p. 359, pi. xxvii. fig. 2 ; North, Nests Sf Eggs 



Austr.'Birds, p. 247, pi. xiii. tig. 13 (1889). 

 ■ Chalcococcyx basalis, Shel/ey, Cat. Birds B. M. xix. p, 294 (1891) ; 



Nehrk. Kat. Eiersaminl. p. 171 (1899) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. ii. p. 162 



(1900) ; Campbell, Nests c^ Eggs Austr. Birds, ii. p. 576, pi. 17 



(1901). 



The eggs of the Narrow-billed Bronze Cuckoo are of a narrow 

 elliptical shape, slightly glossy, and of a pinkish-white colour, 

 thickly speckled all over with reddish brown. They measure from 

 •68 to '79 in length, and from "5 to -53 in breadth. 



5. Australia. Gould Coll. 



2. Australia {E. D. Atkinson). Crowley Bequest. 



1. New South Wales. Crowley Bequest. 



1. Dobroyde, N.S.W. (i?. P. jRamsay.- Crowley Bequest. 

 Tristram Coll.). 



1. Began River, N.S.W., 30th Sept. Crowley Bequest. 



(with 3 eggs of Malurus cyaneus). 



2. Victoria {E. P. Seymour). Crowley Bequest. 



1 . Victoria, 1st Jan. W. Radclifie Saunders, Esq. 



[P.]. 

 1. Yarra River, Victoria, 22nd Nov. Crowley Bequest. 

 {A. J. North). 



1. Melbourne, 7th Dec. (with 3 eggs Salvin-CTodman Coll. 



of Acanthiza chrysorrhou : W. 

 Bridge?-) . 



2. Tasmania, Gould Coll. 



Chalcococcyx lucidus (Gm.). 

 (Plate II. fig. 5.) 



Chrysoeoccvx lucidus. Potts, Tr. N.Z. Inst. ii. p. 65 (1869) ; Buller, 

 Birds 'New Zeal. 2nd ed. i. p. 132 (1888). 



Chalcococcyx lucidus, Shelley, Cat. Birds B. M. xix. p. 295 (1891) ; 

 Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 172 (1899) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. ii. p. 162 

 (1900) ; Campbell, Nests ^ Eggs Austr. Birds, ii. p. 680 (1901). 



An egg of the Broad-billed Bronze Cuckoo in the Collection is of 

 an ordinary oval shape and faintly glossy. It is pale greenish blue. 



