Austral English / A dictionary of Australasian words, phrases and usages with those aboriginal-Australian and Maori words which have become incorporated in the language, and the commoner scientific words that have had their origin in Australasia

by Edward Ellis Morris

Chestnut-breasted C.—
<i>C. castanei-ventris</i>, Gould.

Fantailed C.—
<i>C. flabelliformis</i>, Lath.

Little-bronze C.—
<i>Chalcoccyx malayanus</i>, Raffles.

Narrow-billed bronze C.—
<i>C. basalis</i>, Hors.

Oriental C.—
<i>Cuculus intermedius</i>, Vahl.

Pallid C.—
<i>Cacomantis pallidus</i> and <i>C. canorus</i>, Linn.

Square-tailed C.—
<i>C. variolosus</i>, Hors.

Whistling-bronze C.—
<i>Chalcoccyx lucidus</i>, Gmel.

In New Zealand, the name is applied to <i>Eudynamis taitensis</i> (sc. of Tahiti) Sparm., the Long-tailed Cuckoo; and to <i>Chrysococcyx lucidus</i>, Gmel., the Shining Cuckoo. The name <i>Cuckoo</i> has sometimes been applied to the <i>Mopoke</i> (q.v.) and to the <i>Boobook</i> (q.v.). See also <i>Pheasant-cuckoo</i>.

1855. G. W. Rusden, `Moyarra,' Notes, p. 30: