^0 THE BIRDS OF AUSTRALIA 
25. Horsfield Bronze Cuckoo Chalcites basalis Horsfield 
Chal-cV-tes—Gk, chalchites , containing bronze: bas-a'-lis— L., basalis, 
based. 
distribution. Australia generally, and Tasmania; also occurs in 
Java, the Molucca Islands, and Aru Islands. 
noi ?s. Also called Narrow-billed Bronze Cuckoo. Usually singly or 
in pairs, frequenting open forest and heath-lands. It is a migrant to 
the southern parts of Australia and Tasmania, arriving during the 
spring, departing at the end of summer. Its call-note is a mournful 
whistle with a downward inflection. In the breeding-season its call 
is often uttered at night. Food: insects and their larvae. 
parasitic. Recorded foster-parents number about sixty-four species, 
chiefly those that build domed nests near the ground. 
egg. Pinkish, uniformly spotted all over with small reddish spots. 
Breeding-season: July to January. 
26. Little Bronze Cuckoo Lamprococcyx tninutillus Gould 
min-u-till'-us—L., minutillus , very little. 
distribution. Northern Australia; also occurs from the Malay 
Archipelago to New Guinea. 
notes. Little has been recorded about the habits of this species 
except that it frequents open forest country and mangroves. 
parasitic. Recorded foster-parents number four species, chiefly 
Warblers ( Gerygone ). 
egg. Uniform greenish-olive. Breeding-season: September to February. 
27. Shining Bronze Cuckoo Lamprococcyx lucidus Gmelin 
lu'-cid-us—L., lucidus , shining. 
distribution. Eastern Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria, 
and Tasmania; also found in New Zealand, Chatham Island, and 
accidental to Macquarie Island. 
notes. This is the typical Bronze Cuckoo of New Zealand, where 
it breeds. On rare occasions specimens have been taken along the 
eastern coast of Australia and Tasmania; it is believed that this is 
one of its migratory routes. Food: insects and their larvae. In the 
field this bird cannot be distinguished from the Golden Bronze 
Cuckoo. 
parasitic. Foster-parents, small insectivorous birds. 
egg. Uniform greenish-olive or bronze-coloured. Breeding-season; 
spring and summer months. 
28. Golden Bronze Cuckoo Lamprococcyx plagosus Latham 
pld-go-sus— L., plagosus, mournful 
distribution. Australia generally, and Tasmania; also occurs in 
the Pacific Islands. 
