Order PICARLE.] 
[Fait. CUCULID2E. 
EUDYNAMIS TAITENSIS. 
(LONG-TAILED CUCKOO.) 
Le Coucou brun varie de noir, Month. Ois. vi. p. 376 (1779). 
Society Cuckoo , Lath. Gen. Syn. ii. p. 514 (1782). 
Cuculus taitensis, Sparrm. Mus. Carls, t. 32 (1787). 
Cuculus taitius, Gm. Syst. Nat. i. p. 412 (1788). 
Eudynamys taitensis, Gray, Dieff. Trav. ii., App. p. 193 (1843). 
Cuculus fasciatus, Forst. Descr. Anim. p. 160 (1844). 
Eudynamys cuneicauda, Peale, U. S. Expl. Exp. p. 139, pi. 38. f. 2 (1848). 
Eudynamys tahitius, Gray, B. Tr. Isl. Pacif. Ocean, p. 35 (1859). 
Eudynamis taitiensis, Cab. & Heine, Mus. Hein. Th. iv. p. 56 (1862). 
Eudynamis tahitiensis, Potts, Trans. N.-Z. Inst. vol. iii. p. 90 (1870). 
Native names. / 
Koekoea, Kawekawea, Koheperoa, and Kohaperoa. 
& a d- brunneus, pileo longitudinaliter fulvo striato : corpore reliquo superiore brunneo et pallide ferrugineo con- 
spicue at irregulariter transfasciato : tcctricibus alarum fulvo maculatis : cauda brunneo et ferrugineo .trans- 
fasciata alboque terminata : remigibus brunncis, ferrugineo maculatis, fascias irregulares formantibus : 
supercilio angusto fulvo : regione auriculari brunnea angustissime fulvo lineata : genis et eollo laterali albis 
ferrugineo lavatis et bruuneo longitudinaliter striatis : subtiis albicans, plumis mcdialiter brunneo striatis et 
ferrugineo tinctis : hypochondriis brunneo transfasciatis : subalaribus fulvescenti-albis, anguste brunneo 
striatis : rostro pallide brunneo, ad basin saturatiore, mandibula flavicante : pedibus viridi-flavis, unguibus 
brunneis : iride rubescente, intei'dum flavicante : regione oplithalmica nuda sordide viridi. 
$ vix a mari distinguenda : paullo minor : coloribus sordidioribus. 
Juv. pailidior, supra ubique albido maculatus, nec fasciatus : cauda, pallide fulvo transfasciata : subtus ochraceus, 
pectorc abdomineque maculis elongatis triquetris notatis : rostro flavicanti-brunneo : pedibus viridi-flavis. 
Adult male. Upper surface dark brown, with a purplish gloss, longitudinally streaked on the head and neck, 
barred and spotted on the wings and back with rufous ; wing-coverts tipped with fulvous white ; quills dark 
brown, banded with pale rufous ; tail-feathers marked in their whole extent with narrow alternate bars of 
dark brown and rufous, tipped with white and finely glossed with purple; a broad line of yellowish white 
passing from the nostrils over the eyes, and another extending downwards from the angles of the mouth; 
lores and chin white, with numerous black liair-like filaments; sides of the neck dark brown mixed with 
rufous ; throat, fore part of neck, breast, and sides of the body pure white, with numerous longitudinal 
streaks of brown, each feather having a broad mark down the centre ; lining of wings fulvous white or pale 
fawn-colour; femoral plumes and under tail-coverts crossed with broad arrow-head marks of brown. Bill 
pale brown, darker at the base, and yellowish on the lower mandible; irides reddish brown, inclining in 
some to yellow ; bare skin surrounding the eyes dull green; tarsi and toes greenish yellow; claws dark 
brown. Total length 16 - 5 inches; extent of wings 21 ; wing, from flexure, 7‘5 • tail 9'75; bill along the 
ridge 1, along the edge of lower mandible U4; tarsus l - 5 ; longer fore toe and claw 1'4; longer hind toe 
and claw l - 25. 
