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I suppose that this may be the immature plumage 

 of Chrysococcyx layardi. 



Whether Cuculus plagosus should be considered a 

 subspecies of Cuculus lucidus or not, is a question I am 

 at the moment unable to answer. At present I recognise 

 three subspecies of C. plagosus as inhabiting Australia. 



At various times C. lucidus has been recorded from 

 Tasmania but Tasmanian specimens I have examined 

 prove to belong to C. plagosus, but differ from the typical 

 New South Wales form in having a much brighter bronze- 

 green upper-coloration showing green on the head, 

 therein approaching C. lucidus ; but still the purple is 

 evident, which is entirely missing in G. lucidus. The 

 bill is moreover the bill of C. plagosus, not of C. lucidus. 

 The barring on the under-surface is also much more 

 close. For this form I propose the name of : 



Chrysococcyx plagosus tasmanictts, subsp. n., 



type no. 4633, Tasmania. 



The West Australian specimens differ from typical 

 C. p. plagosus in almost exactly the opposite manner, 

 being duller above, much less bronze, and less barring 

 underneath. I differentiate these as : 



Chrysococcyx plagosus carteri, subsp. n., 



type no. 1465, Broome Hill, South-west Australia. 

 The migratory movements of the species from the East 

 coast seem to be short, as I have them from most 

 months in the year. 



Sylvia versicolor Latham (Index Ornith. Suppl., 

 p. lxl, 1801) has been included in the synonymy of 

 this species, but examination of the type drawing reveals 

 no reason whatever for such attachment and I reject it. 



The little, and little known Austral-Malayan Bronze 

 Cuckoos are very perplexing and I have to differ in toto 

 with North's treatment of them. North recognises 

 L. malayanus and in its synonymy includes L. minu- 

 tillus Gould, and notes : " Captain Shelley includes 

 Gould's types of Lamprococcyx russatus from Cape York 



