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Genus— LA MPROCOCCYX. 
Lamproooccyx Cabanis und Heine, Mns. Hein., Vol. IV., 
p. 11, 1863 Type L. lucidus. 
This genus of Shining Cuckoos is distinguished from Chalcites by the broader 
bill, shorter legs and feet, comparatively shorter tail and more bronze colouring 
above and on bars below, the throat also barred. The species referable to 
this genus are not well understood, but are comparatively constant in the 
generic characters, while their specific features are not easily determined. The 
species appear to be local, and more or less sedentary and of restricted range. 
Key to the Species. 
A. Upper surface copper-bronze L. plagosus. 
B. Upper surface bronze-green 
A. Ho russet on tail-feathers L. lucidus. 
B. Russet on inner webs of tail-feathers except the central 
and outside pair. 
a\ Faint russet band on chest, inner web of 
under primaries deep bufi L. russatus. 
61 Ho russet band on chest, inner web of under 
primaries very fight buff L. minutillus. 
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