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iV. Amer, Birds, ii. p. 27, pi. v. figs. 3 & 4 (1895) : Seehohm, Eggn 

 of Brit. Birds, p. 175, pi. 49. fig. 6 (1896) ; Salv. 8f Oodm. Biol. 

 Centr.-Amer., Aves, ii. p. 526 (18'96) ; Nehrk. Kat. Mersamml. 

 p. 172 (1899) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. ii. p. 164 (1900). 



The eggs of the Black-billed Cuckoo are of a somewhat deep 

 greenish-blue colour. They measure from 103 to 1-16 in length, 

 and from '79 to -87 in breadth. 



1. North America {Smiths. Inst). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



12. North America (Henshaw Coll.). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



3. North America. Crowley Bequest. 



1. North America (rmfrom CoW.). Crowley Bequest. 

 9. United States of America. Seebohm Coll. 



2. Kiver St. Croix, Nova Scotia Crowley Bequest. 



{H. E. Dresser). 



Coccyzus cinereus, Vieill. 



Coccyzus cinereus, Scl. ^ Iluds. Arqent. Orn. ii. p. 38 (1889) ; Shelley, 

 Cat. Birds B. M. xix. p. 312 (1891) ; Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. 

 p. 172 (1899) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. ii. p. 164 (1900). 



The eggs of the Cinereous Cuckoo are of" a plain white colour. 

 Two examples measure respectively : 1-1 by "77 ; 1 by "76. 



2. Argentine Republic. Crowley Bequest. 



Genus URODYNAMIS, Salvad. 

 Urodynamis taitiensis (^Sparrm.). 



Eudynamis taitensis, BuUer, Birds New Zeal. 2nd ed. i. p. 127 (1888). 

 Urodynamis taitiensis, Shelley, Cat. Birds B. M. xix. p. 314 (1891) ; 

 Sharpe, Hand-l. ii. p. 164 (1900). 



An egg of the Long-tailed Cuckoo in the Collection is spherical 

 in shape, rough in texture, and pale buff in colour. The measure- 

 ments are I'l by "85. 



1. New Zealand. W. Radcliffe Saunders, Esq, 



[P.]. 



Genus EUDYNAMIS, Vig. Sf Eorsf. 



Eudynamis honorata {Linn.). 



Eudynamis orientalis, Layard, Ann. 8^ Mag. Nat. Hist. (2) xiii. p. 451 

 (1854). 



Eudynamis honorata, Legge, Birds Ceylon, p. 261 (1878); Barnes, 

 Journ. Bomb. Nat. Hist. See. iv. p. 19, pi. — . fig. 214 (1889) ; 

 Oates ed. Hume, Nests 8; Eggs Ind. Birds, ii. p. 392 (1890) ; Shelley, 

 Cat. Birds B. M. xix. p. 316 (1891) ; Blanf. Fauna Brit. Ind., Birds, 

 iii. p. 228 (1895) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. ii. p. 164 (1900). 



Eudynamis maculata. La Touche, Ibis, 1892, p. 480. 



The eggs of the Indian Koel bear a general resemblance to those 

 of the Crows (Gorvus), in the nests of which birds they usually 

 deposit th-eir eggs. They are of a blunt oval form and are 



