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[Fam. CUCULID.l!; 



CHEYSOCOCGYX LUCIDtJS. 



(SHINING CUCKOO.) 



Shining CacJcoo, Lath. Gen. Syn. ii. p. 528, pi. xxiii. (1782). 



Cuculus lucidus^ Gm. Syst, Nat. i. p. 421 (1788, ex Lath.). 



Variable Warbler^ Lath. Gen. Syn. Suppl. ii. p. 250 (1801). 



Salvia versicolora^ Lath. Ind. Orn. Suppl. ii. p. Ivi (1801). 



Chalcites lucidus^ Less. Traite d'Orn. p. 153 (1831). 



Cuculus iiitens, Forst. Descr. Anim. p. 151 (1844). 



Cuculus versicolor^ Gray, Gen. of B. ii. p. 463 (1847). 



Chrysococcyx lucidus^ Gould, B. of Austr. iv. pi. 89 (1848). 



Cuculus chalcites^ lUiger, MS. in Mus. Berol. unde. 



Chrysococcyx chalcites^ Licht. Nomencl. Av. p. 78 (1854). 



Lamprococcyx lucidus^ Cab. & Heine, Mus. Hein. Th. iv. p. 14 (1862). 



Native names. 



Warauroa, Pipiauroa, and Pipiwarauroa. 



Ad, suprk, metallice viridis, seneo et cupreo nitens^ supracaudaHbus laterahbus late albo semifasciatis : fronte, 



supercilio distincto et facie laterah albo maculatis^ viridi transfasciatis : loris mentoque albidis baud viridi 

 notatis : tectricibus alarum dorso concoloribus : remigibus brunneis^ ad basin pogonii interni albidis, 

 primariis extiis seneo nitentibus, secundariis magis conspicue lavatis et pennis dorsalibus omnino dorso 

 concoloribus : cauda brunnca, seneo-viridi nitente^ fascia auteapicali nigricante, rectricibus tribus exteri- 

 oribus ad apicem pogonii interni albo maculatis, penna extima albo conspicue fasciata^ penultima in 

 medio vix rufescente tincta : pectore et subalaribus albicantibus transversim seneo- viridi fasciatis : abdo- 

 mine puriiis albo, hypochondriis subcaudalibusque conspicue seneo-viridi transfasciatis : rostro nigro : 



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pedibus brunnescenti-nigris, plantis pedum flavicantibus : iride nigra. 



Juv. obscurior et sordidior, minus metallicus : tectricibus alarum brunneo marginatis : cauda nusquam rufes- 

 cente : gutture et pectore superiore fulvescenti-albis, fuscescenti-brunneo variis, vix viridi lavatis : cor- 

 pore reliquo subtus fulvescenti-albo, bypochondriis et corporis lateribus fasciis interruptis metallice 

 viridibus notatis : subcaudalibus maculis viridibus triquetris transnotatis. 



Adult male. Upper parts bright golden green, changing to coppery purple in certain Hghts ; frontal feathers 

 tipped more or less with white; superciliary streak formed of irregular whitish spots; throat, sides of 

 head, and fore part of neck white, with narrow broken bars of coppery green ; breast and underparts 

 generally white, with transverse bands of changing golden green, coppery brown in certain aspects ; on 

 the sides, flanks, and under tail-coverts these bands are very regular and conspicuous, each feather being 

 crossed by two broad, equidistant bars ; the lower part of the abdomen pure white ; quills dark brown, 

 glossed with coppery brown, changing to bright golden green on the secondaries ; with the exception of 

 the three outer primaries, all the quills are yellowish white in the basal portion of the inner webs, 



