NAEROW-BILLED BRONZE CUCKOO. 
fuliginosus, Epthianura alhifrons, Parepthianura tricolor, Aurepthianura aurifrons, 
Cisticola exilis, Chthonicola sagittata, Acanthiza nana, A. pusilla, A. lineata, 
A. ewingii, A. uropygialis, Geohasileus chrysorrhous, G. reguloides, Milligania 
robustirostris, Neosericornis lathami, Sericornis magnirostris, Malurus cyaneus, 
M. melanotus, M. splendens, Hallornis cyanotus, Leggeornis lamberti, L. amabilis, 
Ryania melariocephala, Stipiturus malachurus, Aphelocephala leucopsis, Neositta 
chrysoptera, Zosterops gouldi, Z. lateralis, Austrodicceum hirundinaceum, Meli- 
threptus affinis, Myzomela sanguinolenta, Cissomela nigra, Acanthorhynchus 
tenuirostris, A. super ciliosus, GlicipJiila melanops, G. albifrons, Stigmatops 
indistincta, Paraptilotis fusca, P. chrysops, Nesoptilotis leucoUs, Lichenostomus 
ornatus, Ptilotula penicillata, PTiylidonyris pyrrhoptera, Meliornis novoehollandice, 
M. niger, Tceniopygia castanotis, Mgintha temporalis and Alisteranus cinctus. 
The nomenclature of this species was detailed by me six years ago in 
the Austral Avian Record, Vol. I., p. 13, and I here quote my remarks as some 
comments are necessary : “ Cuculus basalis was described by Horsfield {Trans. 
Linn. Soc. (Lond.), Vol. XIII., p. 179, 1821) from Java. This name has till recently 
been used for the Australian birds, but with the type, which is almost beyond 
comparison, and typical specimens before me, I am able to separate the Austrahan 
form, and, moreover, can indicate two forms as being confined to Australia. Eor 
the east Australian form, which differs from Ghrysococcyx basalis basalis in 
its darker upper coloration and larger size I propose the name Ghrysococcyx 
basalis mellori. . . type from Eyre’s Peninsula, South Australia. Eor the 
west Australian form, which can be separated from G. b. mellori by its smaller 
size and duller upper coloration, and from G. b. basalis by being larger and 
darker, intermediate between the latter and G. b. mellori, I introduce the 
name Ghrysococcyx basalis wyndhami, type from Point Torment, North-west 
Australia. The wing measurements of these three subspecies are : G. b. basalis 
90 ; G. b. mellori 107 ; G. b. wyndhami 101 mm. My series leads me to suggest 
that these birds only make internal migrations. A bird kiUed on November 
Jth at Parry’s Creek is washed out, faded and sandy, looking exactly as if it 
had been living in a desert. On the head a few bronze feathers are showing, 
one or two on the wings and two new bronze tail-feathers are half grown. A 
bird killed a week later has its plumage fully new bronze-coloured, exactly 
the same colour as in the new feathers in the former bird. Upon examination 
I found that birds killed in May in the same district were all in worn plumage, 
but not to the same state as the first mentioned bird. Consequently I can only 
conclude that these birds go inland from May to November, and that they 
moult into their spring plumage generally before returning to the coast. North 
states that this species “ is a permanent resident throughout the year in the 
neighbourhood of Sydney.” It will thus be noted that this bird has probably 
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