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HORN EXPEDITION—AYES. 
Chrysococcyx lucidns, Gould, Eds. Austr., foL, Vol. IV., pi. 89, pai’t upp. 
fig., cad. lower fig., juv. (1848). 
Chalcites l>asa/is, Rams.ay, Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S.\V., Vol. I., 2nd series, 
p. 1099 (1886). 
Lamprocflccyx basa/is, North, Nests .and Eggs Austr. Eds., p. 247, pi. xiii., 
fig. 13 (1889). 
Chalcococcyx basalis, Shelley, Erit. Mus. Cat. Eds., Vol. XIX., p. 294 
(1891.) 
One ininiature male and one .adult female, Reedy Hole. 
[As soon as Geohnsikus chrys07-j'hma was noticed, a sharp look-out resulted in 
Mr. Eell shooting a pair of Eronze Cuckoos. Where either of these birds are found 
the other is gener.ally near, and there is no doubt that in Central Australia tlie 
usual relationship exists between them, tlie Cuckoo leaving the trouble of i-earing 
its brood to the Geob.asileus.] 
No. 18. Halcyon pyrrhopygius, Gould. Red-rumped Kingfisher. 
Halcyonpyrrhopygia, Gould, Proc. Zool. Soc., 1840, p. 113; id., Eds. Austr., 
fol., Vol. II., pi. 22 (1848) ; Sturt, Exped. Centr. Austr., Vol. If., App. p. 20 
(1849) ; Ramsay, Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S.W., Vol. I., 2nd series, p. 1086 (1886). 
Halcyon pyrrhopygius, North, Nests .and Eggs Au,str. Eds., p. 38 (1889); 
Sharpe, Erit. Mus. Cat. Eds., Vol. XVII., p. 258 (1892). 
A. (? not quite ad., Petermann Creek. 
E. ? not quite ad., Finke River. 
C. S' .ad. sk., Henbury. 
D. S ad. sk., Henbuiy. 
E. ? not quite .ad.. Gill R.ange. 
Immature specimens have the feathers of the bre.ast, sides of the neck and 
collar fringed with black, and the back of the collar more or less washed with pale 
rufous. 
[In size and appear.ance at a distance this species bears a striking resemblance 
to H. sanctus, but its striated head and red back at once establish its identity. It 
is a solitary bird, and is frequently found at a great distance fi'om water. Its food 
consists of lizards and grasshoppers. It is a very silent bird, and its harsh note is 
seldom heard except at breeding time.] 
