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43.* Cacomantis brozinus. 



Cuculus (Cacomantis) brozinus Graij, P. Z. S. 1859, 164; id. B. Trop. Is. 35; rerr. ei Des. M., Rey. 

 Zool. 1860, 391. — Cuculus brozinus fen: ef De.s Jf..,'Rey Zool. 1862, 132; Jomm. Mem. Soc. Sc. Nat. Clierb. 

 1863 IX, 225, 6V«y, 11. L. II, 217 no. 9028; La;/. Ibis 1878, 274, 280; Tnslr. ib. 1879, 181, 185; Z«y. ib. 

 1880, 230, 381; ib. 1882, 509, 522; T/istr. 1. c. note. — Cacomantis brozinus C'al,. et Heine, Mus. Hein. 1862 

 IV, 26; Marie. Actes S. L. Bord. 1870 XXVII; id. Ibis 1877, 362; a,a,/. Cruise Curaooa 1878 pi. XVII; 

 Oust. Bull. Soc. Philom. Paris 1879, July; .S7«.//c,/ Cat. B. 1891 XIX, 275. — Cuculus flabelliformis pt. .SV/i/. 

 Mus. P. B. Cuculi 1864, 26. — „Zeug",' Lifu (La;/.). 



Keu' Caledonia (MacgiU.. etc.}. — Neir Hebrides : Erromango, Vate, Ambrym, Mallicolo, 

 St. Bartholomew, Santo, Api (Lai/.). — Ijoyfilty Is.: Lit'u (Lay.). 



44.* Cacomantis simus. 



Cuculus simus Fcah. U. S. Expl. Exp. 1848, 134 pi. 37; Hartl. Wiegm. Arch. 1852, 106, 134; 

 id. J. f. 0. 1854, 168; Cass. U. S. Exp. 1858, 245 pi. 21 f. 2; F. et H. Orn. Centralpol. 1867, 28; Gray, H. 

 L. II 127 no. 9027; Lay, P. Z. S. 1875, 426; id. Ibis 1876, 144, 391; Finsch. P. Z. S. 1877, 729; Nehrkor,,, 

 J. f. 0. 1879, 394; Z«y. Ibis 1880, 381; Finsch, Voy. Chall. B. 1881 II, 43. — Cuculus (Cacomantis) simus 

 Gray, B. Trop. Is. 35; Ramsay, Pr. L. Soc. N. S. W. I, 74. — Cacomantis simus Cab. et Heine, Mus. Hein. 

 1862 IV, 25 note; S/ielley, Cat. B. 1891 XIX, 276. — Cuculus flabelliformis pt. SM. Mus. P. B. Cuculi 1864. 26. 



Fiji Is. : Kandavu, Taviuni, Mathuata, Viti IjOvu, Ovalau, Wakaia, Mokani, Vanua, Levu, (Lay. etc.). 

 ^ New Hebrides : Port Resolution (Coll. Seehohm). 



45.* Cacomantis infuscatus. 



Cuculus infuscatus Hartl. Ibis 1866, 172; F. d IL Orn. Centralpol. 1867, 31 t. V, 1 : Gray, H. L. 

 1870 II, 217 no. 9030; Lay. P. Z. S. 1875, 427; id. Ibis 1876, 391; Ramsay Pr. L. Soc. N. S. W. I, 74; 

 Finsch, P. Z S. 1877, 729: id. Voy. Chall. B. 1881 11, 43; Lay. Ibis 1880, 381. — Cacomantis infuscatus 

 Shelley. Cat. B. 1891 XIX, 276. 



'Fiji Is.: Viti Levu iGraffeK (Ovalau, Wakaia, Mokani, Vanua Levu (Lay.). 



46. Chalcococcyx plagosus. 



Cuculus plagosus Lath. Ind. Orn. 1801 II Spl. 31. — Cuculus lucidus Temm. (nee Gm.) PI. Col. 

 1824. 102 Fig, 1. — Cuculus chalcites ///. in Mus. Berol.; Temm. PI. Col. 102, 2. — Cuculus metallicus Viy.et 

 Horsf. Tr. L. Soc. 1826 XV, 302. — Cuculus versicolor Gray, Gen. B. 1847 II, 463. — Chalcites lucidus Bp. 

 (ncc Gm) Consp. Vol. Zygod. 1854. 7; Verr. et Des M.. Rev. Zool. 1860, 391; Jouan. Mem. Soc. Cherb. 1863 

 IX, 226; Marie, Actes S. L. Bord. 1870 XXVII; id. Ibis 1877, 362; Lay. ib. 1878,253; Tnstr.Wi. 1879,181; 

 Lay. ib. 1880, 330: 1881, 136; 1882, 523, 543. — Lamprococcyx plagosus Gld., Sah-ad. Orn. Pap. 1880 1, 

 348. — „Cuculus nitens Taylor-, Jouan, Mem. Soc. Sc. Nat. (Jherb. 1863 IX, 94. — ? Chalcites sp. Lay. P. 

 Z. S. 1875, 427. — Chalcococcyx plagosus Shelley. Cat. B. 1891 XIX, 297. „Zeug", Lifu (Lay.). 



(?) Fiji Is.: Tuy'mm (Tharston). — Loyalty Is. : Isihx (Lay.). — 'New Caledonia (Verr., Lay.). 

 Australia, New Guinea, Solomon Islands. 



47. Urodynamis taitiensis. 



Ara weraroa. Cook's Voy. IV 272. — Le Coucon brun varie de noir, Mont. Hist. Nat. Ois. VI 376. 

 — Society Cuckoo Jjath. Gen. Syn. II 514. — Cuculus taitiensis Sparrm. Mus. Carls. 1787 II pi. 32; Vieill. 

 Enc. Meth. 1329; Sundev. Krit. Framst. 1858, 8; Wedd. Ibis 1869, 346. — Cuculus tahitius Gm. S. N. 1788 

 I, 412; Bech.u.\Mt\i. Uebcrs. I 424; IV 140; Wald. Ibis 1869, 336. — Cuculus taitensis Lath. Ind. Orn. 

 1790 I, 209; Steph. Gen. Zool. IX, 92; iew. Tr. d'Orn. 1831, 151; ^««w«». Zoologist, 1861,7467; Srhl.M.m. 

 P. B. Cuculi 21. — Cuculus perlatus Vieill. N. Diet. 1817 VHI, 232; Enc. Meth. Ill 1334; Pmher., Rev. 

 Zool. 1852, 562. — Eudynamis taitiensis Gray. App. Dieffenb. N. Zeal. II 193; Gen. B. II 464; Bp. Consp. 

 1850 I, 101; id. C. R. 1854, 6: Cass. U. S. Expl. Exp. 1858, 248 pi. XXII, f. 2; Cab. et Heine, Mus. Hein. 

 1862 IV, 56; Verr.etDesM. Rev. Zool. 1862, 130; Sclat. P. Z. S. 1864, 9: Ramsay, Ibis 1865, 155; F. et LL 

 Orn. Centralpol. 1867, 27: iid. J. f. 0. 1870, 122: Griiffe, t. c. 402, ;415; Gray, H. L. II 221 no. 9077; 

 Fin,u'h, J. f. 0. 1872, 32, 34; Buller, B. N. Zeal. 1873, 73 pi. VIII. 1888 2,^ ed. I, 127; Uldtmce. Ibis 1875, 

 437; Finsch, J. Mus. Godef. 1875 VIII, 49; ib. 1876 XII, 19; Lay. F. Z. S. 1876, 491, 505; id. Ibis 1876, 



