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PANAYAN SPOTTED CUCKOW. 



(Cuculus panayus.) 



C. cauda Integra; corporefusco rit/o-flavo maculato; subtus cau- 



daque rufo-nigrojasciata ; gula nlgra maculisjlams. 

 Cuckow, with an entire tail ; body fuscous spotted with rufous 



yellow, beneath and the tail banded with rufous black; throat 



black with yellow spots. 

 Cuculus panayus. Gmel. Syst. Nat. 1. 413. Lath. Ind. Orn. 1. 



210. p. 



Coucou tachete de 1'isle de Panay. Son. Voy. 120. 78. 

 Panayan spotted Cuckow. Lath. Syn. 2. 517. 9 



THIS species, which is very like C. punctatus, 

 may be easily distinguished by the two following 

 observations, which are, first, it lias not the rufous 

 mark under the eyes, and secondly, it has not the 

 wedge-shaped tail of that bird ; in other respects it 

 is not unlike : however, we shall subjoin the fol- 

 lowing description. It is about two-thirds larger 

 than the European Cuckow : beak black : irides 

 yellow: upper parts of the body dark brown spot- 

 ted with rufous yellow ; which spots are oblong on 

 the head, and round on the neck, back, and wing- 

 coverts; but on the quills they* are transverse and 

 yellowish, intermixed with black dots : throat 

 black, spotted like the back : breast and belly pale 

 rufous, transversely striped with black: the tail 

 long, rufous yellow, crossed with transverse black 

 bars, and even at the end : legs lead-colour. 



Found at the isle of Panay. 



