116 CUCULID.E. 



p. 159 (1900) ; Campbell, Nests fy Eggs Austr. Birds, ii. p. 568 

 (1901). 



An egg of the Pan-tailed Cuckoo in the Collection is of a narrow 

 blunt oval shape, moderately glossy, and of a white colour, thickly 

 speckled with pale chestnut and lilac-grey. It measures '88 by *6. 



1. Tasmania, Gould Coll. 



Caconmntis variolosus (Horsf.). 



Cacomantis variolosus, Shelley, Cat. Birds B. M. xix. p. 272 (1891 ) ; 

 Sharpe, Hand-l. ii. p. 160 (1900) ; Campbell, Nests $ Eggs Austr. 

 Birds, ii. p. 572, pi. 17 (1901). 



An egg of the Square-tailed Cuckoo in the Collection is of a 

 blunt oval shape and moderately glossy. It is white, marked, 

 chiefly in the form of a zone round the broader end, with spots of 

 pale rufous and lavender. It measures -73 by '56. 



1. Wellington, New South Wales, 12th Crowley Bequest. 



Dec. (with two eggs of JRhipi- 

 dura albiscapa). 



Cacomantis insperatus (Gould). 

 (Plate II. fig. 9.) 



Cacomantis insperatus, Shelley, Cat Birds B. M. xix. p. 273 (1891) ; 

 Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml p. 171, taf. iv. fig. 45 (1899); Sharpe, 

 Hand-l ii. p. 160 (1900). 



Two eggs, said to be those of the Papuan Cuckoo, are of a 

 narrow oval form, moderately glossy, and of an olive-brown colour, 

 marked at the broader end with a few minute specks of darker 

 brown. They measure respectively : *8 by '56 ; '79 by '51. 



They are hardly separable from the eggs of Cacomantis bronzinus 

 and Chalcococcyoc plagosus, but they differ altogether from the 

 specimen figured by Herr Nehrkorn (I. c.). The authenticity of 

 these eggs, therefore, requires confirmation. 



2. S.E. New Guinea (with 3 eggs Herr Weiske [C.]. 



of Todopsis cyanocephald). 



Cacomantis bronzinus (Gray}. 



Cacomantis bronzinus, Shelley, Cat. Birds B. M. xix. p. 275 (1891) ; 

 Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 171 (1899) : Sharpe, Hand-l. ii. p. 160 

 (1900). 



An egg of the New Caledonian Cuckoo in the Collection is almost 

 elliptical in shape, moderately glossy, and of a plain olive-brown 

 colour. It measures *8 by -53. This specimen closely resembles 

 the eggs of C. insperatus, described above. 



1. Noumea, New Galedonia (with two Crowley Bequest, 

 eggs of Pseudogerygone flavilate- 

 ralis: E. L. Layard : Tristram 

 Coll.). 



