250 THE BIRDS OF AUSTRALIA 



The Brush Cuckoo. 



Cacomantis flabelliformis (variolosus) . 



Australia generally, New Guinea, Timor, the Moluccas. 

 Above brown, the tail with an olive gloss and no white notches; 

 under surfaces buff, not barred. Total length 8.5 inches. 



Egg dull white, with a band round the larger end of purplish- 

 grey markings. They measure .73 x .57 inch. 



The Chestnut-breasted Cuckoo. 



Cacomantis castaneiventris. 



North Queensland, New Guinea, Aru Islands. 



Above deep slaty-blue; tail feathers all tipped and notched with 

 white; under surfaces bright chestnut, with the chin grey, without bars. 

 Total length 9 inches. 



Eggs very similar to those of C. flabelliformis. This bird 

 has the habit of frequently uttering its monotonous running note 

 throughout the night. 



Genus Misocalius. 

 Australia generally, Aru Islands, Moluccas. The one species. 



The Black-eared Cuckoo. 



Mesocalius palliolatus. 



Ashy brown above, quills dark brown; all the tail feathers with 

 broad whitish ends and five other distinct bars on the inner webs of the 

 outer pair; on the side of the head a broad white eyebrow, and a black 

 band through the eye over the ear-coverts; under parts buff, white behind. 

 Total length 7.6 inches. 



The eggs are of a uniform reddish-chocolate, darker than 

 the egg of the Bronze Cuckoo. They measure about .85 x .59 

 inch. 



Genus Chalcococcyx. 



Indian Peninsula, Ceylon, Burmah through Malaysia to 

 Australia and New Zealand. Bronze Cuckoos. 



The Bronze Cuckoos have a very general resemblance in the 

 pattern of the plumage; the upper surfaces dark with brilliant 



