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the Birds of North Queensland. 
uniform white, with only faint indications of bars on the 
throat; under wing-coverts uniform white, unbarred ; tail 
with much less rufous than in the adult. “Iris brown; 
feet slatish green; bill blackish. Food, insects ” [Olive). 
85. ^Chalcococcyx plagosus (Lath.); Shelley, t. e. p. 297. 
“ Rather scarce at Cooktown, where it occurs only during 
the four winter months. Iris yellow in the male, brown or 
whitish brown in the female; feet brown or black; bill 
black ” ( Olive). 
86. fRuDYNAMis cyanocephala (Lath.); Shelley, t. c. 
p. 324. 
Three males from Bellenden Ker and Sapphiri, one of 
which still shows remnants of the immature plumage. “ Iris 
red; feet slate ; bill bluish white. Food, fruit ” [Olive). 
87. Centropus phasianus (Lath.); Shelley, t. c. p. 340. 
“ Plentiful in forest country, feeding on the ground. 
When disturbed they fly to the nearest tree and ascend it 
by a series of short flights from branch to branch. They 
nest in tussocks of grass and lay three eggs."” Mr. Olive 
has sent four specimens from Cooktown, shot in June and 
July, of which one is in the black breeding-plumage with a 
few remnants of the lighter plumage on the lower surface ; 
another, possibly a young bird, is moulting into the non¬ 
breeding-plumage, whilst two others are just acquiring the 
breeding-plumage. All these birds have the iris white ; feet 
slate ; bill black or brown. 
Eight specimens from Mount Sapphiri, collected in October, 
have almost completed their moult into the breeding-plumage 
and have the iris red , feet and bill slate. In this species 
females are distinctly larger than males, the difference in the 
length of the tail being very marked. 
88. fScYTHROPs novas-hollandi as (Lath.) ; Shelley, t. c. 
p. 330. 
A small series of adult and immature birds from Mount 
Sapphiri; the latter have the abdomen and under wing- 
coverts faintly barred with greyish black. 
