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of Birds from Port Denison. 
lines appear indistinctly. Of course this must not be taken for 
a description, it is merely intended to give some idea of the bird. 
In size it is quite equal to C. optatus. 
85. Cuctjlus, sp. ? 
Since 1862 I have several times, throughout various parts of 
the year, received specimens of a second Cuckoo from Port Deni¬ 
son ; and as I am unable to find any description at all fitting it in 
Gould’s f Birds of Australia/ or any other publication, I believe 
it to be in all probability a new species, the decision of which, 
however, I shall leave to those better acquainted with the group. 
All the specimens that have been received from Port Denison, 
are exactly alike in plumage, and were procured from February 
to December. 
In size they are slightly smaller than Cacomantis flabelliformis, 
(Lath.); Cuculus cineraceus , Vig. & Horsf. 
86. Cacomantis pallidus (Latham). H. B. A. i. p. 615. 
Arrives during September and the following months in tole¬ 
rable numbers. 
87. Lampiiocqccyx plagosus (Latham). H. B. A. i. p. 623. 
A common summer visitant, arriving about August or Sep¬ 
tember. 
88. Scythrops n oviE-iio lland i a: (Latham) ? H. B. A. i. 
p. 628. 
I am not at all sure of this species. Mr. Bainbird procured 
four examples only, which he informs me he shot from a flock of 
about fifty passing over Port Denison, flying inland from the 
sea. They certainly resemble the true S. novee-liollandice , but 
differ in having the bill much more rounded above, shorter, and 
more curved downwards. The quills also are smooth, with the 
edges not serrated. The head, throat, neck, and breast are of a 
very pale lead-blue, with feathers of brownish-yellow interspersed 
over the head, throat, and upper part of the neck. The feathers 
on the breast are barred, and edged faintly with white; abdomen 
white; flanks white, barred with dark brown; under tail-coverts 
white. Back and rump very dark brown; upper tail-coverts 
dark brown, getting blackish at the tips, which are finally edged 
with brownish-yellow running off into white. Primaries and 
