LIST OF BIRDS OF AUSTRALIA. 
321. CACOMANTIS RUBRICATUS. FAN-TAILED CUCKOO. 
Gould, Vol. IV., pi. 86 (pt. xxix.), Dec. 1st, 1847. Mathews, Vol. VII., pt. 3, pi. 351, 
Aug. 26th, 1918. 
Sylvia rubricata Latham, Index Ornith. Suppl., p. lv., after May 1801, based on Watling drawing No. 202 = 
New South Wales. 
Cuculus rufulus Vieillot, Nouv. Diet. d’Hist. Nat., Vol. VIII., p. 234, March 15tli, 1817 : New South Wales. 
Cuculus cineraceus Vigors and Horsfield, Trans. Linn. Soc. (Lond.), Vol. XV., p. 298, Feb. 17th, 1827 : New South 
Wales. 
Cuculus incertus Vigors and Horsfield, ib. p. 299 : New South Wales. 
Cuculus rubricatus athertoni Mathews, Austral Av. Rec., Vol. I., pt. 1, p. 11, Jan. 2nd, 1912: Atherton, North 
Queensland. 
Cuculus rubricatus albani Mathews, ib ., p. 12 : Albany, West Australia. 
Cacomantis rubricatus eyrei Mathews, Birds Austr., Vol. VII., pt. 3, p. 320, Aug. 26th, 1918 : Eyre’s Peninsula, 
South Australia. 
Cacomantis flabelliformis Auctorum not Gucvilus flabelliformis Latham. 
Distribution. Australia generally and Tasmania. 
322. CACOMANTIS PYRRHOPHANUS. SQUARE-TAILED (BRUSH) CUCKOO. 
[ Cuculus pyrrophanus Vieillot, Nouv. Diet. d’Hist. Nat., Vol. VIII., p. 234, March 15th, 1817: “ Nouvelle 
Hollande ” error=Java(? Timor). Extra-limital.] 
Gould, Vol. IV., pi. 87 (pt. xxv.), Dec. 1st. 1846. Mathews, Vol. VII., pt. 4, pi. 352, Dec. 19th, 
1918. 
Cuculus variolosus Vigors and Horsfield, Trans. Linn. Soc. (Lond.), Vol. XV., p. 300, Feb. 17th, 1827 : New South 
Wales. 
Cuculus insperatus Gould, Proc. Zool. Soc. (Lond.), 1845, p. 18, April : New South Wales. 
Cuculus dumetorum Gould, ib., p. 19 : Port Essington, Northern Territory. 
Cuculus viridirufus “ Temm.”, Bonaparte, Consp. Gen. Av., Vol. I., p. 103 (June), 1850. In synonymy. 
Cuculus brisbanensis Diggles, Trans. Philos. Soc. Queensl., 1876, p. 12 : Norman’s Creek, Brisbane, Queensland. 
Cf. Austral Av. Rec., Vol. I., pt. 3, p. 69, June 28th, 1912. 
Cacomantis lineatus Dodd, Emu, Vol. XII., p. 165, Jan. 1st, 1913 : Nelson, North Queensland. 
Cuculus westwoodia Mathews, Austral Av. Rec., Vol. I., pt. 8, p. 190, March 20th, 1913 : Westwood, Queensland. 
Cacomantis pyrrhophanus vidgeni Mathews, Birds Austr., Vol. VII., pt. 4, p. 326, Dec. 19th, 1918 : Cape York, 
Queensland . 
Distribution. Australia generally. Not Tasmania or South-west Australia. 
CCLXXI. Genus VIDGENIA. 
Vidgenia Mathews, Birds Austr., Vol. VII., pt. 3, p. 311, Aug. 26th, 1918. Type (by monotypy) : Cuculus 
castaneiventris Gould. 
323. VIDGENIA CASTANEIVENTRIS. CHESTNUT-BREASTED CUCKOO. 
Gould, Suppl., pi. 55 (pt. iv.), Dec. 1st, 1867. Mathews, Vol. VII., pt. 4, pi. 353, Dep. 19th, 
1918 ; pt. 5, pi. 366, July 10th, 1919. 
Cuculus (Cacomantis) castaneiventris Gould, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., Ser. III., Vol. XX., p. 269, Oct. 1st, 1867 • 
Cape lork, Queensland. 
Distribution. North Queensland. 
CCLXXII. Genus OWEN AVIS. 
Owenavis Mathews, Austral Av. Rec., Vol. I., pt. 1, p. 3, Jan. 2nd, 1912. 
Chalcites osetdans Gould. 
Misocalius Auctorum, not Misocalius Cabanis und Heine. 
Type (by original designation) : 
324. OWENAVIS OSCULANS. BLACK-EARED CUCKOO. 
Gould, Vol. IV., pi. 88 (pt. xxix.), Dec. 1st, 1847. 
19th, 1918. 
Mathews, Vol. VII., pt. 4, pi. 354, Dec. 
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