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no russet on the tail of C. minutillus or the so-called 

 C. malayanus, whereas C. russatus has every feather 

 very russet, even more pronounced than in the tail of 

 C. basalis. 



Shelley's reference of C. russatus to C. poecilurus 

 Gray, was certainly near the mark, as the Cape York 

 birds agree in the main with that species. They differ 

 however in their lighter upper-coloration and in the 

 under-surface having less barring, and in the presence 

 of the russet on the sides of the neck. All the Cape 

 York birds have this russet on the breast, in some cases 

 extending across as a band, while in the type of C. poeci- 

 lurus and other specimens from near the type-locality 

 which I refer to C. poecilurus there is no indication of 

 this russet coloration. At present I am unable to feel 

 myself justified in referring C. russatus subspecifically 

 to C. poecilurus. 



I am convinced that these Bronze Cuckoos are very 

 local and do not perform long migrations, and here 

 describe a new form from Dawson River, Queensland, 

 which I cannot refer to any known species and have 

 therefore to call it : » 



Chrysococcyx barnardi, sp. n. 



General coloration above, pale green with little bronze 

 coloration ; white eyebrow ; primaries dark brown ; 

 under-surface white with narrow, green crossbars on the 

 throat and wide bronze bars on the abdomen distant 

 and separate ; inner- wing distantly barred. The outer 

 tail-feathers have the outer web spotted alternately 

 with white and brown, the inner alternately barred with 

 black and white, the. latter broader ; the next pair have 

 the outer web uniform bronze-brown, the inner tipped 

 with white followed by a large black spot, then a rusty 

 bar, and this repeated ; the next pair have the same 

 style of coloration, the white spot decreasing ; in the 

 fourth pair the white spot is obsolete and the black 

 diminishing, so that the russet predominates ; the central 

 pair are uniform pale bronze-green. 



