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VARIEGATED COUCAL. 

 (Polophilus variegatus.) 



P. rufo 9t flavo nigroque variegatus; dorso postice nigro; cauda 

 nigra supra transversim varicgatojasciato. 



Coucal variegated, with rufous, yellow, and black ; hinder part 

 of the back black ; tail black above, with transverse varie- 

 gated bands. 



Polophilus variegatus. Leach. Zool. Mis. 1. 11 6. 51. 



Variegated Coucal. Leach. Zool. Mis. 1. 117. 



OF this beautiful species we have taken the 

 description given in the Zoological Miscellany 

 by Dr. Leach. The native place is unknown, 

 but the specimen alluded to is preserved in the 

 British Museum, jand is about eighteen inches 

 in length. 



