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BENGAL COUCAL. 



(Polophilus Bengalensis.) 



P. cauda cuneiformi, corpore ferrugineo albo nigroque longitudi- 

 naliter striato, abdomine Jusco-flavescente, remigibus rectrici- 

 bysque lateralibus riifis nigrojasciatis. 



Coucal with a wedge-shaped tail, ferruginous body longitudi- 

 nally striated with black and white, abdomen of a yellowish 

 brown, quills and lateral tail-feathers rufous fasciated with 

 black. 



Cuculus Bengalensis. Gmel. Syst. Nat. 1. 412. Lath. Ind. Orn. 

 1. 214. 20. 



Lark-heeled Cuckow. Lath. Syn. 2. 525. 19. 



BEAK dusky : head, neck, back, and wing-co- 

 verts, ferruginous, marked with short white lines, 

 bounded by black, and pointing downwards : ab- 

 domen yellowish brown : first and second primary 

 quills plain reddish brown ; the others barred with 

 black : tail wedge-shaped, and very long ; exterior 

 feathers dusky, with brown tips ; the rest marked 

 with black bars, mixed with narrow brown ones : 

 legs black. Is found in Bengal. 



