THE BIRDS OE AUSTRALIA. 
web uniform bronze-brown, the inner tipped with white followed by a large 
black spot, then a rusty bar, and this repeated ; the next pair have the same 
style of coloration, the white spot decreasing ; in the fourth pair the white 
spot of obsolete and the black diminishing, so that the russet predominates ; 
the central pair are uniform pale bronze-green. 
“ The bill is very long and narrow, the exposed portion measuring 16 mm. 
Wing measurement of type 107 mm. Type No. 1464 Coomooboolaroo, 
Dawson River, Queensland. 
“This species differs from both the C. plagosus group and the C. hasalis 
group. It approaches the latter in upper coloration, but is entirely different 
in the under-surface barring ; the throat is cross-barred, whereas in C. hasalis 
it is obscurely longitudinally streaked. It differs from the former in its 
general coloration and especially in its tail coloration.” 
This was drawn up when only a few specimens of russatus were available, 
and the long wing disagreed with those, as did almost every other particular. 
The bill is long and narrow, whereas in the adult it is long and broad. Owing 
to the variation observed in the Cape York birds it is not possible to determine 
exactly the subspecific forms of the species, but as specimens are also available 
from Normanton it seems best to admit two subspecies : 
Lamprococcyx russatus russatus (Gould). 
Cape York. 
Lamprococcyx russatus harnardi (Mathews). 
North Queensland (Gulf Country to mid- 
Queensland). 
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