322 PET BIRD3 OF BENGAL 



quills are dark brown with a broad 

 white band near the ' base across the 

 inner webs of all except the innermost 

 and across the outer webs of all except 

 the first. The tail has w^hite tips, these 

 being very broad on the outer feathers^ 

 and narrow on the middle pair. The 

 lower parts are white. 



The young are brown above, buff 

 below, the chin and throat being grey. 

 The bill of an adult bird is black ^ 

 iris red -brown ; legs leaden blue. Sexes 

 are alike. Coccystes jacobinus is of the 

 same size as Cuculus micropterii^. 



