No. 1.] THE AUSTRAL AVIAN RECORD 15 



Temminck and Laugier in their PI. Col. d'Ois., 

 17e livr., Vol. I., PL 102, Fig. 2, 1824, figured a bird 

 which they named Cuculus chalcites, a MS. name of 

 Illiger, with terra-typica L'Oceanie. 



This bird is undoubtedly the young of this species 

 but it is impossible to definitely apply it to any race. 

 In order to finally dispose of this name I designate 

 as type locality of Cuculus chalcites Temminck and 

 Laugier, Java. 



The other name is Lamprococcyx modesta Diggles. 

 This is mentioned by Ramsay (Proc. Linn. Soc. 

 N.S.W., Vol. II., p. 205, 1876) as known to him only 

 I)y description and apparently given to the young of 

 L. basalts. I have asked for information regarding 

 Cuculus brisbanensis Diggles, and I suppose this was 

 named at the same time. 



Chrysococcyx lucidus (Gmelin) is the common Bronze 

 Cuckoo of New Zealand, and has been recorded from 

 the east coast of Australia. 



North states that he has seen three specimens from 

 Australia, one collected at Cape York and the other two, 

 both adult females, from the neighbourhood of Sydney. 



An account of this bird in New Zealand is given in the 

 Emu, Vol. XL, 1911, and a footnote to p. 67 reads : 

 "The expedition which the British Ornithologists' Union 

 lately despatched to the Charles Louis Mountains, in 

 Dutch New Guinea, will probably confirm this sup- 

 position. — J. McL." This refers to the wintering of 

 ■C. lucidus in New Guinea. The B.O.U. Expedition 

 did not meet with this species, and its winter quarters 

 are not yet known. 



A second footnote reads : "It possibly comes down 

 "the north-eastern coast of Australia, before diverging 

 towards New Zealand. The Expedition of the R.A.O.U. 

 observed these Bronze Cuckoos on the Capricorn 

 Islands at the southern end of the Great Barrier Reef, 

 October, 1910.— Emu, Vol. X., p. 197 : Eds." 



Through the kindness of Capt. S. A. White, I have 

 been enabled to examine one of the specimens then 



