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  S. 
  NATIONAL 
  MUSEUM 
  

   Vol. 
  103 
  Wa.hington 
  : 
  1955 
  No. 
  3335 
  

  

  ON 
  THE 
  ANATOMY 
  AND 
  RELATIONSHIPS 
  OF 
  GLOSSY 
  

  

  CUCKOOS 
  OF 
  THE 
  GENERA 
  CHRYSOCOCCYX, 
  

  

  LAMPROMORPHA, 
  AND 
  CHALCITES 
  

  

  By 
  Andrew 
  J. 
  Berger^ 
  

  

  The 
  relationships 
  of 
  the 
  glossy 
  cuckoos 
  have 
  long 
  been 
  in 
  question. 
  

   Sharpe 
  (1873, 
  p. 
  579) 
  commented 
  that 
  he 
  could 
  not 
  "find 
  any 
  charac- 
  

   ter 
  in 
  the 
  genus 
  Chrysococcyx 
  to 
  justify 
  its 
  separation 
  from 
  Cuculus, 
  

   beyond 
  the 
  metallic 
  plumage 
  . 
  . 
  ." 
  Shelley 
  (1891, 
  pp. 
  280, 
  288) 
  

   recognized 
  as 
  distinct 
  the 
  genera 
  Chrysococcyx 
  and 
  Chalcococcyx 
  

   (= 
  Chalcites), 
  but 
  placed 
  Lampromorpha 
  in 
  synonymy 
  with 
  Chryso- 
  

   coccyx. 
  Bannerman 
  (1922, 
  pp. 
  413-420; 
  1933, 
  pp. 
  111-120), 
  how- 
  

   ever, 
  recognized 
  both 
  Lampromorpha 
  and 
  Chrysococcyx. 
  Chapin 
  

   (1939, 
  pp. 
  197-201), 
  Peters 
  (1940, 
  p. 
  29), 
  and 
  Friedmann 
  (1948, 
  p. 
  

   115) 
  again 
  placed 
  Lampromorpha 
  in 
  synonymy 
  with 
  Chrysococcyx. 
  

   Delacour 
  (1951, 
  p. 
  19) 
  and 
  Friedmann 
  (in 
  litt.) 
  further 
  suggest 
  that 
  

   the 
  genus 
  Chalcites 
  should 
  be 
  united 
  with 
  Chrysococcyx^ 
  which 
  would 
  

   place 
  all 
  species 
  of 
  this 
  complex 
  in 
  the 
  genus 
  Chrysococcyx. 
  

  

  Little 
  has 
  been 
  written 
  on 
  the 
  internal 
  anatomy 
  of 
  Chrysococcyx 
  

   and, 
  so 
  far 
  as 
  I 
  know, 
  there 
  has 
  been 
  no 
  published 
  description 
  of 
  the 
  

   internal 
  anatomy 
  of 
  Lampromorpha 
  or 
  Chalcites. 
  

  

  I 
  am 
  indebted 
  to 
  the 
  following 
  for 
  supplying 
  alcoholic 
  and 
  skeletal 
  

   material 
  : 
  Dr. 
  Dean 
  Amadon, 
  American 
  Museum 
  of 
  Natural 
  History 
  ; 
  

   Dr. 
  Herbert 
  Friedmann, 
  United 
  States 
  National 
  Museum; 
  and 
  Mr. 
  

   John 
  G. 
  Williams, 
  the 
  Coryndon 
  Museum, 
  Nairobi, 
  East 
  Africa. 
  I 
  

   had 
  the 
  following 
  spirit 
  material 
  for 
  study: 
  Chrysococcyx 
  cupreus 
  

   (3), 
  Lampromorpha 
  caprius 
  (2), 
  L. 
  Maas 
  (1), 
  and 
  Chalcites 
  

  

  1 
  Department 
  of 
  Anatomy, 
  University 
  of 
  Mlcbigan 
  Medical 
  Scliool, 
  Ann 
  Arbor, 
  Michigan. 
  

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