collected in Dutch Neio Guinea. 185 



where it was observed singly. We were unable to identify 

 the various call-notes of the species of Cacomantis.'^ — 

 C. H. B. G. 



Chalcococcyx meyeri. 



Ckalcococcyx meyeri (Salvad.) ; Shelley, Cat. xix. p. 293 

 (1891). 



Chrysococcyx meyeri Roths. & Hartert, N. Z. xx. p. 489 

 (1913). 



a,h. ? . Camp 6 A, Utakwa River, 2900 ft., 10th & 13th 

 Jan. 1913. [ C. B. K.'\ 



The male of this beautiful little Glossy Cuckoo has the 

 head • green ; in the female the forehead and crown are 

 chestnut. 



Chalcococcyx poecilurus. 



Ckalcococcyx pceclluriis (Grray) ; Shelley, Cat* xix. p. 299 

 (1891) ; van Oort, p. 68 (1909). 



a-c. S ? • Mouth of the Miraika River, 14th & 23rd 

 March, 1911.. [Nos. 1149, 1244, 1247, C.H.B. (?.] 



d. S juv. Parimau, Mimika River, 24th Dec, 1910. 

 [No. 811, G. H. B. G.l 



e, ? . Launch Camp, Setakwa River, 7th Oct. 1912. 

 IC.B.K.-] 



Adults Iris rich brown ; orbital skin pale greenish ; bill 

 black, lower mandible horn-colour ; feet dark slate-colour* 



These specimens agree well with the type-specimen of 

 C poecilurus Gray, procured by Wallace on Misol ; it is 

 marked female and the wing measures 99 mm. Our speci- 

 mens measure : ^ 101, ? 102, ? 100, ? 95. 



" This Glossy Cuckoo was a tolerably common species on 

 the coast and had much the same habits as Cacomantis 

 assimilisr — C.U.B. G. 



Eudynamis rufiventer. 



Eudynamis cyanocepJiala (Lath.) ; Shelley, Cat. xix.. p. 324 

 (1891) [part., specimen '.' o'. ^ ad. sk.- Dorei. Wallace 

 Coll."J ; van Oort, p. ^d> (1909). 



