. The Journal of the South African Ornithologists' Union . :i < X UJ - CO ■^ < ,. Q-. hoUJ -Q O OCO On the Xidlficatlon of the (reniis Chrysococcyx. .^i5 bird on the nest ; even then it refused to quit until I badactually touched it with a twig. The eggs are similar in shape to the Woodpeckers, andmeasure }4 x ^.j inch. XV.—Notes on the Nidi/ieation of the Members of the GenusChrysococcyx. By Alwin K. Haagner, , ,and Robert H. Ivy, (Plates II. & III.) Chrysococcyx smaragdineus. (Emerald Cuckoo.)This bird is rare about Grabamstown, although it becomescommoner toward
. The Journal of the South African Ornithologists' Union . :i < X UJ - CO ■^ < ,. Q-. hoUJ -Q O OCO On the Xidlficatlon of the (reniis Chrysococcyx. .^i5 bird on the nest ; even then it refused to quit until I badactually touched it with a twig. The eggs are similar in shape to the Woodpeckers, andmeasure }4 x ^.j inch. XV.—Notes on the Nidi/ieation of the Members of the GenusChrysococcyx. By Alwin K. Haagner, , ,and Robert H. Ivy, (Plates II. & III.) Chrysococcyx smaragdineus. (Emerald Cuckoo.)This bird is rare about Grabamstown, although it becomescommoner towards the Great Kei River. The Woodwardsare the only previous observers who have noticed the niditica-tion of this species. Two birds were shot in October andDecember containing shelled eggs, one white and the otherwhite speckled with purple (ylde Sclater, Birds, Fauna ofS. A. vol. iii. p. 18Gj. A young bird with quill feathering was taken from anest of the Cape Sparrow [Passer arcaatus) on KeeveysFarm, at Koonap. Koonap River is part of the dividing linebetween the Albany and Beaufor
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