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CUCULIDffi. 
closely resemble the large and almost spotless variety of that of the 
Yellow-tufted Honey-eater (Ptilotis auricomis); they are, however 
somewhat more rounded, and of a much lighter tint, being of a 
pale flesh-colour, sprinkled with a few dots of a deeper hue, but 
often without any markings at all. In length they vary from 
eleven to twelve and a-half lines, being from eight and a-half to 
nine lines in breadth. 
Eggs taken from the nests of Ptilotis auricomis and P. clirysops 
measure as follows:—length (A) 0‘97 x 067 inch ; (B) 0-99 x 
068 inch. 
Hah. Derby, N.W. Australia, Gulf of Carpentaria, Cape York, 
Rockingham Bay, Port Denison, Wide Bay District, Dawson 
River, Richmond and Clarence Rivers Districts, New South 
Wales, Interior, Victoria and South Australia, Tasmania, West 
and South-West Australia. {Ramsay.) 
CACOMANTIS FLABELLIFORMIS, Latham. 
■ (Guculus cineraccus, Vigors and Ilorsfield.) 
Pan-tailed Cuckoo. 
Gould, Ilandbk. Bds. Aust., Vol. i., sp. 379, p. G18. 
“ Among those species, the nests of which are favoured by 
visits from this ‘parasite,’ is Acanthiza pusilla, from a nest of 
which, in September 1863, we took no less than four eggs — two 
laid by the rightful owner of the nest, the other two by Cuckoos. 
One of these was a very fine specimen of Chat,cites plagosus , the 
other an egg of the present species, Cacomantis Jlabelli/ormis. The 
entrance of this nest was greatly enlarged, being in width fully 
two inches ; and the hood, which usually conceals the entrance 
(which is near the top of the nest, and not generally wider than 
one inch across), was pushed back to such an extent that the eggs 
were rendered quite visible. I have now before me ten nests of 
Acanthiza: and four of Maluri, the former comprising Acanthiza 
