CHRYSOCOCCYX OSCULANS. 



(BlacJc-Eared Cuckoo.) 



Head, all tlie upper surface, and Avings, glossy brown, witli a tinge of olive, becoming clarifer on the shoulders and primaries, and fading into 

 white on tlie upper tail coverts ; tail, dark brown tipped with white — the most external pair of feathers with five bars of white on the inner 

 web ; ear coverts, blade encircled with white ; under surface of throat, breast, and abdomen, pale cinnamon brown, fading into white on the 

 under tail coverts ; bill, very dark brown ; irides, deep brown ; feet, greenish grey. 



Length, 7| ; wing, 4f ; tail, 4 ; tarsus, -f ; bill, -f. 



This bird has been obtained in situations very widely apart — the ISTamoi Elver in New South Wales, South Australia, and 

 Western Australia. It is a scarce species, and little is known respecting it. 



CHRYSOCOCCYX LUCIDUS. 



(Bronze Cuckoo.) 



Head, all the upper surface, and wings, bronzy green ; primaries, brown ; tail, bronzy green, crossed by a black band near the tip ; the two 

 lateral feathers on each side with a series of large oval spots of white across the inner web, with smaller ones on the opposite web ; all the 

 under surface, white, crossed by broad well defined bars of deep bronze ; irides, brownish yellow ; feet, broAvn. 



The Eemale resembles the Male, but the coloring is not so bright, and the bars on her under surface are less distinct. 



Lengih, Gf inches; wing, 4; lail, 3; tarsus, -f ; bill, -f. 



This handsome species is widely dispersed over the Australian continent. It is quiet and gentle in its habits, the note being 

 only a plaintive whistle. Its food consists of insects, which it seeks with great assiduity among the leaves and stems of the trees. It is 

 parasitical, like most of the Cuckoo tribe, and usually lays its egg in the nest of a wren or other small bird, especially choosing such nests as 

 are domed in shape. The egg is of a clear olive brown — somewhat paler at the smaller end, and about ll-16ths of an inch long by half an 

 inch wide. 



CHRYSOCOCCYX BASALIS. 



(NaTTOw-Billed Bronze Cuckoo) 



Ceown of the head and face, dull brown ; a line of white above and beneath the eye ; upper surface and wings, brown bronzed 

 with green ; throat and chest, impure white, indistinctly banded with light brown ; flanks banded with broad stripes of dull brown ; centre of 

 abdomen, white; under tail coverts, white with a large spot of brown near the tip of each feather; two centre feathers of tail, bronzy 

 greenish brown— all i;he rest except the outer pair, tipped for about one-third their length with the same color— the remaining portion being 

 of a bright chestnut tint and spotted with white (more or less) on the inner webs ; the outer feathers on either side alternately and broadly 

 barred with blackish brown and white. 



Length, 5f ; wing, 3|- ; iail, 2|- ; tarsus, \ ; bill, -f. 



This species is so closely aUied to 'xkyQ former as to have been figured by Mr. Grould as that species in his splendid work, but 

 having since had abundant reason to believe it distinct, he has separated it under the above name. It Las been occasionally met with in 

 Queensland, several specimens having been procured by Mr. Waller; and Mr. &ould states he has received it both from Moreton Bay and 

 South Australia, and that he has reason to believe it visits Tasmania. In the present species it will be readily remarked that the coloring is 

 altogether Hghter, and the bars on the under surface not by any means so strongly defined as in C. Lucidus. Information respecting its 

 habits and economy are much to be desired, very little at present being known respecting it. Mr. Waller says, " I used to shoot this species 

 " in New South Wales, and always considered it distinct from C. Lucidus ; its note is also different, enabling me always to distinguish the 

 " one from the other." 



CHRYSOCOCCYX MINUTELLUS. 



(Little Bronze Cuckoo) 



Head, all the upper surface and wings, shining bronzy green ; all the under surface, white, barred with bronzy green, the bars being most 

 distinct on the flanks ; prhnaries and secondaries, white on the basal portions of their inner webs ; two centre feathers of tail, bronzy green— 

 the next on each side, bronzy green on the outer web, rufous on the inner web, crossed by a broad band of black near the tip, and with an 

 oval spot of white across the tip of the inner web— the two next on each side, bronzy green on their outer webs, theii' inner webs rufous with 

 large spots of black near the shaft, most conspicuous on the outermost of the two feathers, their inner webs are also crossed near the tip with 

 a very broad band of blaclv, and have an oval spot of white at the tip— ihe outer feather on each side is barred alternately on the outer web 

 with dull bronzy green and dull white, and on the inner one with broad decided bars of black and white and tipped with white ; bill, black ; 

 feet, olive. 



Length, 5| inches ; wing, 3i ; tail, 2\ ; bill, | ; tarsus, \. 

 ' The above description is by Mr. aould, and is taken from a single specimen figured in the supplement of his great work. 

 He received it from Port Essington, and remarks, that though so small it has a bill as " stout as some of the larger birds ;" in this respect 

 materially diftering from C. Basalis, to which q^eeics it is in other respects most closely allied. 



