Head, upper, wings glossy olive-brown; shoulder darker; tail olive-brown tipped white; side tail feather five white bars; behind ear a narrow black streak; above this a lighter patch; under pale-brown; f., duller. Insects. Feeble plaintive note.
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233 Narrow-billed Bronze Cuckoo, Chalcococcyx basalis, Mal. Pen., Java, Cel., to A., T.
Mig. c. open, timber 6.2
Upper beautiful bronze-green; under barred brown, white; like 234 but bill narrower; lighter brown head; paler back; outer tail feathers strongly barred blackish-brown, white; centre abdomen not barred; base tail much chestnut; f., duller. Insects, caterpillars.
234 Broad-billed Bronze Cuckoo (New Zealand, Shining), Pipiwharauroa, C. lucidus, E.A., T., N.Z., Chatham Is., Macquarie Is. (acc).
Mig. v.r. open, timber 6.2
Like 233, but outer tail feathers barred white; next feathers barred rufous; forehead freckled with white; crown, hind-neck shining-green; bill broader; f., duller. Insects.