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The Emu. 
One male skin, 13/1/01. 
It appears to be an immature bird in moulting plumage, 
without more than a trace of an abdominal patch. The fore- 
head and crown are almost uniform rufous, while the nape is 
rufous with some of the feathers faintly margined with a pale 
brown. There is no white upon this specimen, rufous taking 
its place. Here, again, is an example showing the extent in one 
direction of the remarkable range from greyish-brown to rufous 
that our ground birds, Jlira/ra, Ant/ius, and CindorJiamphus, take 
upon themselves. This may be called the " rufous " phase of the 
species. 
Soft parts of the above skin: [Irides light brown ; culmen and 
tip of bill brown, the cutting edge upper and all lower mandible 
grey ; feet and legs greyish.] 
[Common at Breakaway ; rare at Livuringa.] 
42. Eremiornis CARTER! (North), Carter Desert Bird. 
Erciiiiornis carteri, North, \"ict. Nat., vol. xvii., No. 4, p. 78 (1900). 
One adult male, 19/12/00. 
[This is a rare species. I secured the specimen in the spinifex, 
where it was hiding very close. When flying it carried the tail 
widely spread.] 
43. Chalcococcyx BASALIS (Horsfield), Narrow-billed Bronze 
Cuckoo. 
Chrysococcyx liicidus, Gould, Birds Aust., foL, vol. iv., pi. 89, part 
upp. fig., ad. lower fig,, juv. (1848). 
Chalcococcyx basalis (Shelley), Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., vol. xix., p. 294 
(1891). 
a. Adult male, 23/7/01. 
b. Adult male, 6lgloi. 
c. Young male, 22/3/01. 
d. Adult female, 22/2/00. 
There is a great difTerence between the adult males a and b. 
The young bird, r, shows a strongly marked rufous tail ; there 
are no marks or bars upon its under surface. 
a. Whole under surface almost white, with narrow bars ; 
forehead lead colour ; crown and nape bronzy ; subterminal dark 
band on tail. 
b. W^hole under surface flushed with rufous, with broad bars, 
and disappearing upon the throat; forehead, crown, and hind 
neck uniform dull ruddy brown. 
The latter specimen has its plumage abraded, and has been 
longer subjected to weather influences than specimen a. 
Mr. Rogers discovered an egg of this species in the nest of 
Malurus dorsalis, a probable new foster parent, 7/1/00. 
