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Birds of Celebes: Cuculidae. 
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b. Chrysococcyx lucidus (nec Gm.), (I) Gould, B. Austr. 1848, IV, pi. 89. 
c. Lamprococcyx basalis (1) Gould, HB. B. Austr. 1865, I, 626; (2) Salvad., Orn. Pap. I, 
1880, 349. 
d. Chalcococcyx basalis (1) Shelley, Oat. B. 1891, XIX, 294; (2) Hartert, Xov. ZooL 
1896, 159. 
For further synonymy and references cf. Salvador! c 2; Shelley r/ 1 
Figure and descriptions. Gould /? I, cl; Salvador! c 2; Shelley d 1. 
Diagnosis. “The longer wing (this Q has !t 97 mm long), both webs of the second rectrlx 
from the outside being rufous for the basal two-thirds, the rather broader and paler 
bands of the breast, a superciliary whitish line, and a broad dark line from the eye 
along the sides of the neck distinguish this sjoecles without difficulty from Ch. malayannd^ 
(Hartert d 2). 
Distribution. “Australia, Aru Islands, Timor, Flores, Lombock, Java; re-occurring in 
Malacca” (Shelley d 1); South Celebes (Everett d 2). 
A female specimen of this Cuckoo was obtained by Mr. Everett on 
Mount Bontbain in 1895. It had not previously been recorded from Celebes. 
Two of the points of difference between it and C. malayanus found by Mr. 
Hartert do not seem to ns to hold good, namely the size is only that of a 
large example of C. malayanus, and a whitish superciliary stripe is found in that 
bird as well. The geographical distribution of the two birds is very similar, 
and we have noticed that nearly all the specimens in which the sex has been 
ascertained is male in C. malayanus and female in C. basalisl 
GENUS CACOMANTIS 8. Miill. 
Small Cuckoos, about the size of a Lark, with long tails, usually longer 
than the wing, strongly graduated, the outermost feathers being from about '/-i to 
V:s the tail-length; wing moderately pointed, secondaries about V 3 the length of the 
wdng, first primary nearly as long as the secondaries, a broad band of white 
across the wing seen from underneath. The genus is found in about 
10 species from India to Australia and Fiji. C. passerinus of India is known 
to be parasitic. 
L * 65. CACOMANTIS VIRESCENS (Briigg.). 
Rufous-bodied Cuckoo. 
a. Cacomantis sepulchralis (1) Wald. (iiec. S. Miill. ), Tr. Z. S. 1872, YHI, 116; (2) Meyer, 
Ibis 1879, 69. 
b. Cuculus virescens (1) Briigg., Ahh. Ver. Bremen 1876, V, 59. 
Cacomantis virescens (1) Shelley, Cat. B. XIX, 1891, 274; (II) Meyer, Vogelskel. 1892, 
XVin, p. 47, t. OLXXni; (3) Biittik., Zool. Erg. Weber’s Reise in Ost-Ind. 1893, 
in, 276; (4) M. & Wg. , Ahh. Mus. Dresden 1895, Xr. 8, p. 6; (5) lid., lb. 1896, 
Xr. 1, p. 8; (6) lid., lb. Xr. 2, p. 10; (7) Hartert, Xov. Zool. 1896, 159; (8) id., 
ih. 1897, 164. 
