I 



"A 



i 



Ordee PICAEI^.] 



[Fam. CUCULID^, 



/ 



EUDYNAMIS TAITENSIS. 



r 



(LONG-TAILED CUCKOO.) 



Month 



f 



I 



) 



1 

 (0 



D, 



^ 



Society CucJcoo, Lath. Gen. Syn. ii. p. 514 (1782). 



Cuculus taitensis, Sparrm. Mus. Carls, t. 32 (1787). 



Ciiciilus taitius, Gm. Syst. Nat. i, p. 412 (1788). 



Eudynamys taitensis, Gray, Dieff. Trav. ii., App. p. 193 (1843). 



Cuculus fasciatus, Forst. Descr. Anim. p. 160 (1844). 



Eudynamys cunetcauda, Peale, U. S. Expl. Exp. p. 139, pi. 38. f. 2 (1848) 



Eudynamys taUtius, Gray, B. Tr. Isl. Pacif. Ocean, p. 35 (1859). 



Eudynamis taitiensis, Cab. & Heine, Mus. Hein. Th. iv. p. 56 (1862). 



Eudynamis tahitiensis. Potts, Trans. N. Z. Inst. vol. iii. p. 90 (1870). 



Native names. 



Koekoea, Kawekawea, and Koheperoa. 



S ad, brunneus^ pileo longitudinaliter fulvo striate : corpore reliquo superiore brunneo et pallide ferrugineo 



conspicue at irregulariter transfasciato : tectricibus alarum fulvo maculatis : cauda brunneo et ferrugineo 

 transfasciata alboque terminata r remigibus brunneis_, ferrugineo maculatis^ fascias irregulares formanti- 

 bus: supercil'o angusto fulvo: regione auriculari brunne^ angustissime fulvo lineata: genis et coUo 

 lateral! albis ferrugineo lavatis et brunneo longitudinaliter striatis : subtiis albicans, plumis medialiter 

 brunneo striatis et ferrugineo tinctis : hypochondriis brunneo transfasciatis : subalaribus fulvescenti- 

 albis, anguste brunneo striatis : rostro pallide brunneo, ad basin saturatiore, mandibula flavicante : pe- 

 dibus viridi-flavis, unguibus brunneis : iride rubesccnte, interdum flavicante : regione ophthalmic^ nudft 

 sordid e viridi. 



$ vix a mari distinguenda : paullo minor : coloribus sordidioribus. 



Juv, pallidior, suprii ubique albido maculatus, nee fasciatus : caud^ pallide fulvo transfasciata : subtiis ochraceus, 



pectore abdomineque macuhs elongatis triquetris notatis j rostro flavicanti-brunneo : pedibus viridi-flavis. 



Adult male. 



Upper surface dark brown, with a purplish gloss, longitudinally streaked on the head and neck, 

 barred and spotted on the wings and back with rufous ; wing-coverts tipped with fulvous white ; quills 

 dark brown, banded with pale rufous ; tail-feathers marked in their whole extent with narrow alternate 

 bars of dark brown and rufous, tipped with white and finely glossed with purple ; a broad line of 

 yellowish white passing from the nostrils over the eyes, and another extending downwards from the 

 angles of the mouth ; lores and chin white, with numerous black hair-like filaments j sides of the neck 



L 



