CHALCOCOCCYX. COCCYZI78. 119 



sparingly speckled round the broader end with black and lavender. 

 It measures *8 by *6. 



1. South Island, New Zealand. Crowley Bequest. 



Chalcococcyx plagosus (Lath.). 



Lamprococcyx plagosus, Gould, Handb. Birds Austr. i. p. 623 (1865) ; 



Ramsay, P. Z. S. 1869, p. 359, pi. xxvii. fig. 1 ; North, Nests $ Eggs 



Austr. Birds, p. 246, pi. ix. fig. 13 (1889). 

 Chalcites lucidus, apud Ramsay, P. Z. S. 1865, p. 460 (pt.). 

 Chalcococcyx plagosus, Shelley, Cat. Birds B. M. xix. p. 297 (1891); 



Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 172 (1899) ; Sharpe, Hand-L ii. p. 162 



(1900) ; Campbell, Nests Sf L'ggs Austr. Birds, ii. p. 582, pi. 17 



(1901). 



The eggs of the Australian Bronze Cuckoo are of a regular oval 

 form, slightly glossy, and uniform brown or olive-brown in colour. 

 On very close inspection a few darker specks may be discovered at 

 the broad end of the egg. Four examples measure respectively : 

 68 by -5 ; -69 by -47 ; -68 by -47 ; '76 by -51. 



1. New South Wales. Crowley Bequest. 



2. Dobroyde, N.S.W., Sept. (E. P. Crowley Bequest. 



Ramsay: Tristram Coll.). 



2. New South Wales. Gould Coll. 



1. Belmore, N.S.W., 18th Oct. (with Crowley Bequest. 



3 eggs of Acanthiza chrysorrhoa). 



1 . Melbourne, Victoria. Salvin-Godrnan ColL 



1. Yarra River, Victoria, 20th Sept. Crowley Bequest. 



(A. J. North). 

 1. West Australia, Dec. (with 5 eggs Gould Coll. 



of Acanthiza chrysorrhoa) . 



Genus COCCYZUS, Vieill. 



The eggs of the Cuckoos of this genus are elliptical in shape and 

 almost devoid of gloss. They are plain white of various shades of 

 greenish blue or green. 



Coccyzns minor (Gm.). 



Coccygus minor, Baird, Brewer fy Ridgw. N. Amer. Birds, ii. p. 482 



(1874). 

 Coccyzus minor, Shelley, Cat. Birds B. M. xix. p. 304 (1891) ; Bendire, 



Life- Hist. N. Amer. Birds, ii. p. 17 (1895) ; Salv. $ Godm. Biol. 



Centr.-Amer., Aves, ii. p. 523 (1896); Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. 



p. 172 (1899) ; von Ihering, Rev. Mu. Paulista, iv. p. 263 (1900) ; 



Sharpe, Hand-l. ii. p. 163 (1900). 



The eggs of the Mangrove Cuckoo are of a pale bluish-green 

 colour. They measure from 1-2 to 1-31 in length, and from '87 to 

 92 in breadth. 



4. Port Henderson, Jamaica, 1st Aug. Crowley Bequest. 



(G. W. Field). 

 7. Jamaica (Field Coll}. Crowley Bequest. 



