COCCYSTES GLANDARIUS. 109 



COCCYSTES GLANDARIUS (Linnseus). 

 GREAT SPOTTED CUCKOW. 



^ 099. Two. — Dzourarim, Djendeli, Algeria, 20 May, 1S57. 

 From Mr. Tristram's and Mr. Simpson's Collections, 



1858. 



[Apparently from the same nest, but this is not certain.] 



§ 700. 0;^^.— Djendeli, Algeria, 25 May, 1857. From Mr. 

 Tristram's Collection, 1858. 



From a nest of three eggs found and identified by Mr. Simpson 

 [Hudleston] . This egg formed lot 56 at Mr. Stevens's rooms, 9 Feb- 

 ruary, 1858. 



[^ 701. (9y<!^.— Chemora, Algeria, 18 May, 1857. From Mr. 

 Tristram's Collection. 



This, from a nest with three other eggs of Pica mauritanica, was brought by 

 Arabs, and thought at the time to belong to that species, of which Mr. Tristram 

 and his companions had already identified specimens, though not aware, until 

 a few days later, of the Cuckow's habit of laying in the Pies' nests. It there- 

 fore not unnaturally passed muster as a Pie's e^^ of somewhat unusual ap- 

 pearance, but as to its real parentage there can be now no question. The 

 abnormal condition of the shell, which is thin, rough, and chalky, no doubt 

 contributed further to the mistake.] 



[§ 702. 0^^^.— Madracen, 20 May, 1857. From Mr. Salvin's 

 Collection. 



Mr. Salvin'snote respecting this is :— ''The first e^^, brought by an Arab.'' 

 ■Of the species he writes '. — " I first saw this bird near the frontier, between 

 Algeria and Tunis. After that we lost sight of it, and it was not until ar- 

 riving at Djendeli that we again met with it. Djendeli, we were told by a 

 French officer at Batna, was the headquarters of this bird. This officer had 

 himself taken the nest, and his remarks regarding the manner of incubation 

 agTeed accurately with our own observations. The first actual intimation of its 

 presence at Djendeli was two eggs" (the present being one of them), "brought 

 from the Madracen, or tomb of the Numidian kings, by two Arabs, the sight of 

 which raised our expectations to the highest degree. These Arabs described 



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