BIRDS OF NEW ZEALAND. 21 
55. CHRYSOCOCCYX LUCIDUS. Gml. C.M. 
Shining Cuckoo. Whistler. Pipiuwaroa. 
ABOVE, shining bronzy green ; below, white, barred with bronzy brown ; 
outer tail feathers barred with white, and the second with rufous. 
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7 C ¢ wd 
fgg.—Brownish olive ; length, ‘73; breadth, ‘5. 
Migratory ; leaves New Zealand in the winter. 
Australia, Tasmania, New Caledonia, Java, Sumatra. 
Order IV.—COLUMB 2 .—Pigeons.: 
Bill, short, straight, curved at the tip; the base, soft and tumid. 
COLUMBID. 
Characters same as the Order. 
CarpoPpHaGAaA. Selby. 
BILL, moderate ; wings, pointed, third and fourth quills nearly equal 
and longest ; tail, lengthened ; tarsi, short, clothed with down below the 
knee ; hind toe large. 
Polynesia, Indian Archipelago, China. 
56. CARPOPHAGA NOVA ZEALANDLA. Gml. C.M. 
Wood-pigeon. Kuku. 
ABOVE, coppery purple ; head, neck and breast, coppery green ; abdomen, 
white ; tail, greenish black ; feet, pink. 
Aimar. Wo. LO Bed - 20x En 125. 
Albino varieties occur sometimes. 
Both Islands and the Chatham Islands. 
