COCCYZUS. TJE0DTNAMI8. — EUDTNAM13. 121 



N. Amer. Birds, ii. p. 27, pi. v. fiirs. 3 & 4 (1895) : Seehohm, Egqa 

 of Brit. Birds, p. 175_, pi. 49. fig. 6 (1896) ; Salr. 8f Godm. Biol. 

 Centr.-Amer., Aves, ii. p. 526 (1896) ; Nehrh. Kut. Eiersamml. 

 p. 172 (1899) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. ii. p. 1G4 (1900). 



The eggs of the Black-billed Cuckoo are of a somewhat deep 

 greenish-blue colour. They measure from 1-03 to 1-16 in length, 

 and from "79 to '87 in breadth. 



1. North America (Smiths. Inst.). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



12. North America [Henshaio Coll.). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



3. North America. Crowley Bequest. 



1. North America {Tristram Coll.). Crowley Bequest. 

 9. United States of America. Seebohm Coll. 



2. River St. Croix, Nova Scotia Crowley Bequest. 



{H. E. Dresser). 



Coccyzus cinereus, Vieill. 



Coccyzus cinereus, Scl. Sf Huds. Arr/ent. Orn. ii. p. 38 (1889) ; Shellei/, 

 'Cat. Birds B. M. xix. p. 312 (1891) ; Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. 

 p. 172 (1899) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. ii. p. 164 (1900). 



The eggs of the Cinereous Cuckoo are of a plain white colour. 

 Two examples measure respectively : 1"1 by "77 ; 1 by "76. 



2. Argentine Republic. Crowley Bequest. 



Genus URODYNAMIS, 8ahad. 

 Urodynamis taitiensis (Sjxirrw.). 



Eudynamis taitensis, Buller, Birds Neio Zeal. 2nd ed. i. p. 127 (1888). 

 Urodynamis taitiensis, Shelley, Cat. Birds B. M. xix. p. 314(1891); 

 Sharpe, Hand-l. ii. p. 164 (1900). 



An egg of the Long-tailed Cuckoo in the Collection is spherical 

 in shape, rough in texture, and pale buif in colour. The measure- 

 ments are 1"1 by "So. 



1. New Zealand. W. Radcliffe Saunders, Esq. 



[P.]. 



Genus EUDYNAMIS, Vig. Sf Horsf. 



Eudynamis honorata (Linn.). 



Eudvuamis orientalis, Layard, Ann. ^- Man. Nat. Hist. (2) xiii. p. 451 

 •(1854). 



Eudynamis honorata, Legge, Birds Ceylon, p. 251 (1878); Barnes, 

 Journ. Bomb. Nat. Hist. Soc. iv. p. 19, pi. — . tig. 214 (1889) ; 

 Oates ed. Hume, Nests S,- Eggs Ind. Birds, ii. p. 392 (1890) ; Shelley, 

 Cat. Birds B. M. xix. p. 316 (1891) ; Blanf. Fauna Brit. Ind., Birds, 

 iii. p._228 (1895) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. ii. p. 164 (1900). 



Eudynamis maculata. La Touche, Ibis, 1892, p. 480. 



The eggs of the Indian Koel bear a general resemblance to those 

 of the Crows (Corvus), in the nests of which birds they usually 

 deposit their eggs. They are of a blunt oval form and are 



