Head, upper pari of the throat and upper surfaces, dark, rich grey; tail, dark grey, with a 
tinge of green, each feather with a row of white markings on the inner web, each tipped with white; 
wings, brown, with green reflections; a white mark on the inner webs of primaries and secondaries; 
edge of the shoulder, grey; under surfaces, li^ht chestnut, which is deeper on the chest, and greyish 
on the abdomen; irides, olive; bill, black, with an olive streak at the base of the lower mandible; 
feot, <»li\e. 
Length, '-'J inches: bill, I inch: wing, 6| inches: tail. 5 inches; tarsi, | inch. 
Habitats: New .South Wales, South and West Australia, southern part of* Queensland. 
CACOM ANTIS CA ST A N E I V E X T R I S. 
CHESTNUT-BREASTED CUCKOO. Genus : Cacomantis. 
rPHE more northern parts of Queensland and the Northern Territory appear to he the native country 
-L of this variety, of the habits of which not much is known. It is, however, in so far as it has 
been observed, similar in its manner of nidification to those Cuckoos already described. It is slender 
in form, and its movements and mode of flight are more graceful than is the ease with those forms 
already described. 
The w hole of the head, chin and upper surfaces, decj> purplish-grey : win^s. brown, w ith green 
lights ; tail, dark purplish-grey, all the feathers tipped w ith w hite, the inner webs of the lateral feathers 
barred with greyish streaks : irides. orange : bill and nails, almost black : legs and feet, orange. 
Length, 9^ inches: hill, ^ inch; wing, \\ inches; tail, 5 inches; tarsi, [ inch. 
Habitat.- : Far northern parts of Australia. 
