CACOMANTIS. OHETSOCOCCYX. CHALCOCOCOTX. 117 



Cacomantis passerinus ( Vahl). 

 (Plate II. fig. 10.) 



Cuculus passerinus, Legffe, Birds Ceijlon, p. 235 (1878). 



Cacomantis l)asserinus, Oates ed. Hume, Nests ^ Eggs Ind. Birds ii p 385 

 (1890) ; Shelley, Cat. Birds B. M. xix. p. 277 (1891) ; Blank Fauna 

 Brit. Ind., Birds, iii. p. 216 (1895) ; Sharpe, Sand-l. ii. p. 160 



The eggs of the Indian Plaintive Cuckoo are almost elliptical in 

 shape, slightly glossy, and of a pale blue colour, sparingly spotted 

 and blotched with pale reddish brown and lilac-grey. Two examples 

 measure respectively: -76 by -51 ; -78 by -55. 



1. Kotagherri, Nilghiri Hills, 22nd Hume Coll. 



Sept. {Miss Cockburn). 

 1. Kotagherri, 26tli Sept. {Miss Cock- Hume Coll. 



bwn). 



Genus CHRTSOCOCCYX, Boie. 

 Chrysococcyz Maasi {Steph.). 



Cuculus klaasi, Sharpe, ed. Layard's Birds S. Africa, p. 1S5 (1875-84). 

 Chr^sococcyx klaasi, Shelley, Cat. Birds B. M. xix. p. 283 (1891) ; 

 Nehrh. Kat. Eiersamiril. p. 171 (1899) ; Sharpe, Sand-l. ii. p. 161 

 ' (1900; ; Ivy, Ibis, 1901, p. 28. 



An egg in the Collection, attributed to Klaas's Cuckoo, is nearly 

 elliptical in shape and moderately glossy. It is cream-coloured, 

 very densely freckled with greyish brown over the whole surface. 

 It measures "74 by "S. 



1. Potchefstroom, Transvaal (T. Ayres: Crowley Bequest. 

 Tristram Coll.). 



Chrysococcyz cuprous (Bodd.). 



Cbrvsococcyx cupreus, Sharpe, ed. Layard's Birds S. Africa, p. 153 



'(1875-84); Ayres, Ibis, 1878, p. 407, 1879, p. 297 ; Shelley, Cat. 



Birds B. M; xix. p. 285 (1891) ; Nehrh. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 171 



(1899) ; Sharpe, Band-l. ii. p. 161 (1900) ; Haagner, Ibis, 1901, 



p. 16 ; Ivy, Ibis, 1901, p. 26. 



An egg, said to be that of the Golden Cuckoo, is nearly aa 

 ellipse in shape and is moderately glossy. It is of a bluish-white 

 colour, spotted and mottled with greyish brown and lavender. It 

 resembles some eggs of Passer domesticus. It measures -9 by '6. 



1. Naial {T. Ayres : Tristram Coll.). Crowley Bequest. 



Genus CHALCOCOCCYX, Gab. 



Chalcococcyx maculatus (Gm.). 



(Plate II. fig. 8.) 



Cuculus maculatus, Legge, Birds Ceylon., p. 238 (1878). 



Chalcococcyx maculatus, Oates ed. Hume, Nesf^s ^ Eggs Ind. Birds, ii. 



