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the sides of the neck ; all the upper surface olive brown 

 becoming much darker on the wings and tail ; basal por- 

 tion ot the inner webs of the primaries broadly barred 

 with white, slightly on the outer and deeply on the inner- 

 all feathers tipped with white, and with a mark of white 

 on the stems near the tip, this mark being very small on 

 the central tail feather and graduallv increasing in the 

 lateral ^ feathers until on the outer' it forms a band 

 under irides very dark brown, eyelash yellow, gape and 

 mside of the mouth rich deep orange, feet olive. 



The female differs in having the upper surf^ice mottled 



!\' ^ T J f""^"^"^' "' ^'^™S ^ triangular spot of 

 reddish buff at the extremity of each of the wing coverts, 

 and the markings of the tail buff instead of white • all 

 whitish markings may in very old birds give place to a 

 style of coloring similar to the male. 



As there are several Cuckoos, it has been thought 

 better to give the description in full, so that no mistake 

 can occur in identification, the plates having been pre- 

 pared by the Messrs. T. and C. C. Brittlebank 



