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Genus LAMPROCOCCYX Cabnnis & Heine. 
Lamprococcyx Caban is & Heine, Mus. Hein. vol. iv. p. 11, (after 
Dec. 30th, 1863) 1864. Type (by original designation): Cuculus 
lucidus Gmelin. 
Lamprococcyx lucidus (Gmelin). 
Distr. —New Zealand and Queensland. 
Lamprococcyx lucidus lucidus (6m.). (19-295.) 
Cuculus lucidus Gmelin, Syst. Nat. vol. i. pt. 1, p. 421, July 25th, 
1788: Queen Charlotte Sound, New Zealand. (Fig. Buller, 2nd 
ed. pi. 15.) 
Cuculus nitens Forster, Descr. Anim. p. 151, (pref. Jan.) 1844: same locality. 
Distr. —New Zealand and some Pacific Islands. 
Lamprococcyx lucidus australis Mathews. 
Lamprococcyx lucidus australis Mathews, Bull. Brit. Orn. Club, 
vol. xxxvi. p. 83, May 25th, 1916: (Capricorn Group), Queens¬ 
land. (Fig. Math. vii. pi. 356.) 
Distr .—Queensland. 
Lamprococcyx layardi (Math.). 
Chrysococcyx layardi Mathews, Austr. Av. Bee. vol. i. p. 16, 1912: 
New Caledonia. 
Distr. —New Caledonia. 
Lamprococcyx plagosus (Latham). 
Distr .— Australia generally in the south, Tasmania, and New 
Guinea. 
Lamprococcyx plagosus plagosus (Latham). (19-297.) 
Cuculus playosus Latham, Index Ornith., Suppl. p. xxxi, (after May) 
1801. (Fig- Gould, iv. pi. 89; Math. vii. pi. 357.) 
Cuculus metallicus Vigors & Horsfield, Trans. Linn. Soc. Lond. vol. xv. p. 302, 
Feb. 17th, 1827: New South Wales. 
Chrysococcyx plagosus tasmanicus Mathews, Austral Av. Rec. vol. i. pt. 1, p. 17, 
Jan. 2nd, 1912 : Tasmania. 
Distr .— Eastern Australia and Tasmauia. 
Lamprococcyx plagosus carteri (Mathews). 
Chrysococcyx plagosus carteri Mathews, Austral Av. Bee. vol. i. 
p. 17, Jan: 2nd, 1912: Broome Hill, South-West Australia. 
Distr. —South-West Australia. 
Lamprococcyx minutillus (Gould). 
Distr .—Northern Australia. 
