188 Mr. W. R. Ogilvie-Grant on Birds 



Ramsay [P. L. S. N. S. Wales, viii. p. 23 (1883)] rede- 

 scribed this species under the name of Rliairtphomantis rollesi 

 from specimens procured by Mr. Rolles in the Astrolabe 

 Mountains. He describes the adult male with a black head, 

 agreeing perfectly with our specimen 6 ; his female is 

 obviously immature and agrees with the younger specimens 

 obtained by Dr. Forbes. 



Examples of this little Cuckoo are so rarely procured that 

 few specimens are available for comparison ; there are, how- 

 ever, twelve specimens in the Triug Museum. 



Centropus menehiki. 



Centropus menehiki Less* & Garn. ; Shelley, Cat. xix. 

 p. 336 (1891) ; van Oort, p. 69 (1909) ; Ogilvie-Grant, 

 P. & P. p.. 282 (1912) ; id. Ibis, 1913, p. 94. 



Centropus m. menebeki Roths. & Hurtert, N. Z. xx. p. 490 

 (1913). 



a. o . Wakatimi, Mimika River, 11th Jan. 1910. [No. 

 1003, G. C. S.] 



b. ? imm. Upper Mimika River, 7th March, 1910. 

 [No. 1094, G. C. S.'\ 



c-/i. cJ ? et ? imm. Parim^u, Mimika River, 5th Sept.- 

 14th Dec. 1910. [Nos. 139, 158, 172, 598, 735, C. H. B. G. ; 

 1470, G. C. S.] 



i. S. Wataikwa River, Aug. 1910. [ TF. G.] 



h S ' Iwaka River, 14th Sept. 1910.- [No. 1167, G. C. S.'] 



I. (^ . Launch Camp, Setakwa River, 3rd Oct. 1912. 

 [C.B.K.] 



m. o. Canoe Camp, Setakwa River, 25th Oct. 1912. 

 iC. B. K.] 



Total length in the flesh about 680 mm. ( = 27 inches). 



Adult. Iris blood-red ; bill bluish pearl-colour or greyish- 

 blue, black towards the base ; feet slate-colour or black. 



Young. Iris bright ochre-yellow. 



Two younger female examples (Nos. 1094 & 139 in the 

 above series) have the tail-feathers regularly barred with 

 rufous-chestnut. 



This species is easily recognised from the allied C. bernsteini 



