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jgg Birds of Celebes: Ciiculidae. ^ 
b. Chrysoeoceyx lucidus (nec Gm.), (I) Gould, B. Austr. 1848, IV, pi. 89. 
c. Lamproeoccyx basalis (1) Gould, £LB. B. Austr. 1865, I, 626, (2) Salvad., Oin. Pap. I, 
1880, 349. 
d. Chalcococcyx basalis (1) Shelley, Cat. B. 1891, XIX, 294; (2) Hartert, Xov. Zool. 
1896, 159. 
For further synonymy and references cf. Salvador! c 2; Shelley d 1. 
Figure and descriptions. Gould 6 7, c i; Salvador! c 2; Shelley dl. 
Diagnosis. “The longer -wing (this Q has it 97 nun long), both webs of the second rectrix ^ 
from the outside being rufous for the basal two-tliirds, the rather broader and paler 
hands of the breast, a supercihary whitish line, and a broad dark line from the eye 
along the sides of the neck distinguish this species without difficulty from Ch.makiyaniifi’'’ 
(Hartert d 2). 
Distribution. “Australia, Aru Islands, Timor, Flores, Lombock, Java; re-occurring in 
Malacca" fShelley dly, South Celebes (Everett d 2). 
A female specimen of this Cuckoo Avas obtained by Mr. tiA^erett on 
Mount Bonthain in 1895. It had not previously been recorded from Celebes. 
Two of the points of difference between it and C. malaymius found by Mr. 
Hartert do not seem to us to hold good, namely the size is only that of a 
large example of G. nicdciyoiii'us^ 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. malayanm and female in C. basalisl 
GENUS CACOMANTIS S. 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 '12 to 
V:i the tail-length; wing moderately pointed, secondaries about '/a the length of the 
wing, 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. 
* 65. CACOMANTIS VIRESCENS (Brfigg.). 
Rufous-bodied Cuckoo. ^ 
a. Cacomantis sepulchralis (1) Wald. (nec. S. Miill.), Tr. Z. S. 1872, VHI, 116, (2) Meyei, 
Ibis 1879, 69. 
h. Cuculus virescens (Ij Brligg., Abb. Ver. Bremen 1876, V, 59. 
Cacomantis virescens (1) Shelley, Cat. B. XIX, 1891, 274; (IIj Meyer, Vogelskel. 1892, 
XVIU, p. 47, t. CLXXIH; (3) Biittik., Zool. Erg. AVeber’s Ecise in Ost-Ind. 1893, 
in, 276; (4) M. & Wg., Abb. Mus. Dresden 1895, Xr. 8, p. 6; (5) iid., ib. 1896, 
Xr.’ 1, p. 8; (6) iid., ib. Xr. 2, p. 10; (7) Hartert, Nov. Zool. 1896, 159; (8) id., 
ib. 1897, 164. 
