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THE BIRDS OF AUSTRALIA 



Genus Eudynamis. 



India to Australia. 



The Koel. 



Eudynamis cyanocephalus. 

 North-west Australia, Northern Territory, Timor, New South Wales, 

 Queensland, New Guinea. 



•Tlie Emu:- ""^^^^B^^^^^"^ '■'• ■''■ -'*'' 



Bronze Cuckoo (Chatcococcyx plagosus) about three weeks old. 



Male: Black, with a bright greenish-blue gloss. Total length 16 

 inches. Female: Upper half of head and back of the neck glossy greenish- 

 black; rest of upper surface dark olive-brown; back and wing-coverts 

 thickly spotted with white; quills of wing and tail with white bars; chin 

 and upjjer throat black, with white spots; rest of under parts white 

 washed with buff and barred with black. 



Usually deposits its eggs in the nests of Orioles, Friar birds 

 and Miners. The egg is pinkish-buff with slight markings of 

 chestnut, especially on the larger end, and measures about 1.37 

 X 1.03 inch. 



