162 BIEDS or EGITPT. 



pure black ; under surface of the body white shaded with 

 yellow on the flanks and under tail-coverts, and with brown 

 barbed spots on the centres of the feathers. Legs and beak 

 fleshy brown ; irides pale brown. 



Entire length 7 inches; culmen 0'4 ; wing, carpus to tip, 

 3 '5 ; tarsus 0"8. 



Fig. Gould, B. of Eur. pi. 233. 



ram. CUCULID^. 



138. CucuLUS CA.NORUS, Linn. Cuckoo. 



The Cuckoo arrives from the south in March, and is gone 

 again by May, returning once more in August. I have shot 

 it on several occasions ; but it does not appear to be very 

 abundant in the country at any season. 



Upper plumage slaty grey, wings browner ; inner web of 

 the quill-feathers banded with white ; tail black tipped with 

 white, and with white spots along the shafts of the feathers ; 

 tlu-oat slaty grey ; remainder of the under plumage white, 

 barred, with dusky on the body. Base of the bill, legs, and 

 irides yellow, remainder of the beak black. 



Entire length 14 inches ; culmen 0"9 ; wing, carpus to 

 tip, 9 ; tarsus 9. 



Eig. Gould, B. of Eur. pi. 240. 



139. CoccYSTES GLANDARius (Linn.). Great Spotted Cuckoo. 



This graceful bird is a resident in Egypt and Nubia, and 

 may be met with abundantly in the clumps of sont trees, 

 usually in pairs or small family parties. They are by no 



