138 A HANDBOOK OF EUROPEAN BIRDS. 
Length 16 to 17 inches ; culmen 1; wing 8; tail 9°5 ; tarsus 
thee 
Adult Female: Diffef® from male in having the 
primaries decidedly marked with rufous, and with a smaller 
crest. 
Young: Resemble adult females, but have dark brown 
crown and throat, breast and under parts suffused with rufous. 
Distribution : Summer visitant from Southern Africa to 
Spain, Asia Minor, Palestine, and occasionally to South-eastern 
Europe. Has been recorded from Great Britain. 
Habitat: Very similar to that of Cuculus canorus. 
