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of cuckoos on two near latitudes for the respective 

 seasons : — Bronze Cuckoo {Chalcococcyx plagosus, Lath.) — 

 Box Hill, Victoria: 25th July, 1895; 24th July, 1896; 

 26th July, 1897; Heytesbury : 27th September, 1896; 

 2 1st September, 1897. Ash-coloured Cuckoo {Cacomantis 

 flabelliforniis^ Lath.) — Box Hill : 14th August, 1895 ; 

 5th August, 1896 ; 1st August, 1897 ; Heytesbury : 

 28th August, 1896 ; 12th September, 1897. Pallid Cuckoo 

 {Cuculus pallidus, Lath.) — Box Hill : Ist September, 1896; 

 12th August, 1897; Heytesbury : 29th September, 1896; 

 26th September, 1897. 



The scanty figures given show the Pallid species arrives 

 between two and four weeks later than the Fan-tailed and 

 Bronze species, and that the arrival of the same species at 

 the Heytesbury district, according to my correspondent, is 

 one or two months later. I presume that Box Hill is upon 

 the migratory course from the north-east, and that the 

 Otway-Heytesbuiy district is the terminus, except for those 

 that go further west or cross the strait for Tasmania. The 

 dates of arrivals appear to be fairly uniform in each year. 



Ifest. — This species being parasitic, it has no nest of its 

 own, but places the egg in one or other open nest of an 

 insectivorous bird, such as the Robin or Fan-tail. 



i^gg. — One in a nest ; pale salmon colour, generally 

 uniform, but sometimes with odd spots of chestnut upon it. 

 Length, 1 inch ; breadth, 075 inch. 



