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CAPE CUCKOW. 

 (Cuculus capensis.) 



C. viridi-fiiscu& t collo subtus tectricibusque alarum rufis, corpore 



subtus albo nigro transversim lineato, cauda rufa apice alba. 

 Green-brown Cuckow, with the neck and wing-coverts rufous ; 



body beneath white, transversely striated with black; tail 



rufous, with a white tip. 

 Cuculus capensis. Gmel.Syst. Nat. 1. 410. Lat. Ind. Orn. 1. 



208. 2. 

 Coucou du Cap de Bonne Esperance. Buff*. Hist. Nat. Ois. 6. 



353. Buf. PI. Enl. 3t)0. 

 Cape Cuckow. Lath. Syn. 2. '5 13. 2. 



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RATHER smaller than the common Cuckow: 

 beak deep brown : irides yellow : the upper part 

 of the body greenish brown : throat, cheeks, fore 

 part of the neck, and upper wing-coverts of a dark 

 rufous colour : tail-feathers palish rufous, tipped 

 with white : breast and all the under parts of the 

 body white, crossed with black lines : legs reddish 

 brown. 



Inhabits the Cape of Good Hope. May not this 

 be a variety of the preceding ? 



