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ZOOLOGICAL LITERATURE. 
CuCULIDiE. 
C^culus canormj on the similarity of its eggs to those of the foster-parents 
phpseji fop it§ young; E, E- von Ilomeyer^ J. f. 0. 1808, p. j61. Notes on its 
eggs j A, yon Homeyer, to7n. cit. p. 140. Considerations on Dr, Baldami)s’s 
theory as to the colouring of its eggs (Zool. Record, ii. p. 99, iy, p. 89) : A. 
0. Smith, Zool, S. S. pp, 1105-1118, English translation of Dr. Baldamus’s 
original p^por (Naumannia, 1853, pp, 807-320), hut without the yery neces- 
sary plate ; Id. tom. cit. pp. 1145-1106, Error corrected : E. R. Alston, to7ii. 
cit. p. 1255. Habits of the species in confinement : J. R. A. Briggs, cit. 
pp. 1208-1^11 i R. Essery, to7n, cit. pp. 1480, 1481, The eggs agree in 
colour with those of its foster-parents : J. A. H. Brown, tQ77i. cit. p. 1219. An 
instance to the contrary : J. Cordeaux, to7n. cit. p. 1285. The young with 
other cage-birds ; G. Brucklacher, Zool. Garten, 1808, pp. 154, 155. The 
behaviour of two young in one nest: A. Miiller, to7u. cit. pp. 346-360. 
Broods its eggs I Id. {fide W. Kiessel) to7n. cit. pp. 300-373. On its eggs— 
additional proof of the author’s theory : E. Baldamus, Zeitschr. gesammt. 
Naturwissenscli. 1868, pp. 21-23. 
Cuctdtcs {Chi'sococcyx) axin'otus observed feeding its young. M. T. von 
Heuglin, J. f. 0. 1808, p. 212. 
Ohrymoooeyx rusmta is a pew species from Cape York, in size rather 
smaller than the one or more [Qu. C. playosus aut C. hasalis?] from the 
south coast of Australia, but having a stouter bill, like the Port-]i]ssington 
C. TnmUilhis. It differs, however, Rom every other species in having the 
basal portions of the primaries buff’ beneath. A rufous tint, moreover, per- 
vades the upper surface, the tail is of a deeper rufous, and there are some 
Pther distinctive marhs. J. Gould, P. Z. S. 1808, pp. 74-70. 
Caprimulgidas. 
Poda 7 'yu 8 — ? Two species of this genus from Queensland are sup- 
posed to bo now, but no descriptions of them are given, nor are they named. 
E. P. Ramsay, P. Z. S. 1808, pp, 382, 383. 
JEgotheles xiovce-hollaxidice is figured. S. Diggles, Orn. Austral, pt. xvi. 
Steatof'nis ca7-ipe7isk, its eggs figured (woodcut) and described. P. L. 
Sclater, P, Z, S. 1868, pp. 73, 74. 
Caprwmlyus 77iossa77ibicus is described, for the first time, from Mozam- 
bique. It is C. 7)U>ssa7)ibiqtm8, Licht., Nomencl. Av. 1854, p. 02 [xiec \i. 05 
utcit.']. It seems to agree with O. fo8si, Verr.,” Ilartl, (Ornith. Wcstafr. 
p. 23), in the colour of its tail-feathers, but, according to the description, 
that has no white or golden-yellow round spots on the tips of the wing- 
coverts, nor have its secondaries white or yellow tips. ~W. Peters. J. f. 0. 
1868, p. 134. 
Caprhmdyus (Stexxopsis) bifasciatus, its eggs figured. J. f. 0. 1808, Taf. ii. 
fig. 3. 
Stenopsis ccmdicans, S. la7igsdo7fii, and S. platimi, as also Antrosto7nus cor- 
tapauy are described as if they were new species ; but the first three, though 
no mention of the fact is made by the author, have been previously described 
by Mr. Sclater {cf. Zool. Rec. iii. p. 82), and the last is confessedly the same 
as A. rtdiluSy Burm., Syst. Uebers. ii. p. 385. A. von Pelzeln, Orn. Bras, 
pp. 12, 13, 49-50. 
