Okdek PICAELE.] [Fam. CUCULID.E. 



CHEYSOCOCCYX LUCIDUS. 



(SHINING CUCKOO.) 



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



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



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



Sylvia versicolora, Lath. Ind. Om. Suppl. ii. p. lvi (1801). 



Chalcites lucidus, Less. Traite d'Om. p. 153 (1831). 



Cuculus nitens, 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, Illiger, MS. in Mus. Berol. unde. 



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



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



Native names. 

 Warauroa, Pipiauroa, and Pipiwarauroa. 



Ad. supra metallice viridis, reneo et cupreo nitens, supracaudalibus lateralibus late albo semifasciatis : fronte, 

 supercilio distincto et facie laterali albo maculatis, viridi transfasciatis : loris mentoque albidis baud viridi 

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

 primariis extus aeneo nitentibus, secundariis magis conspicue lavatis et permis dorsalibus omninb dorso 

 concoloribus : cauda, brunnea, seneo-viridi nitente, fascia anteapicali 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 ffineo-viridi fasciatis : abdo- 

 mine purius albo, bypochondriis subcaudalibusque conspicue seneo-viridi transfasciatis : rostro nigro : 

 pedibus brunnescenti-nigiis, 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 interniptis metallice 

 viridibus notatis : subcaudalibus maculis viridibus triquetris transnotatis. 



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

 tipped more or less w ith 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 gi'een 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, 



