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YELLOW-BELLIED CUCKOW. 

 (Cuculus flavus.) 



C. cauda cuneiformi; corpore pallidefusco subtus rti/b-^/lavescente; 



pileo gulaque cinereis ; rectricibus nigris albofasciatis. 

 Cuckow, with the body beneath pale fuscous with a reddish - 



yellow tinge ; upper part of the head and throat ash-colour; 



tail wedge-shaped and black, with white fasciae. 

 Cuculus flavus. Gmel. Syst. Nat. 1. 421. Lath. Ind. Orn. 1. 



215. 26. 

 Le petit Coucou & tete grise et ventre jaune. Buff. Hist. Nat* 



Ois. 0. 382. 15. 



Le Coucou petit de Pisle de Panay. Buff. PI. Enl. 814. 

 Yellow-bellied Cuckow. Lath. Syn. 2. 52?. 22. 



RATHER longer than a Blackbird : beak pale 

 yellow, black at the point : irides yellow : upper 

 part of the head and throat light grey : hind part 

 of the neck, the back, and wings of a light brown 

 colour : belly, thighs, and under tail-coverts pale 

 yellow, with a rufous tinge : tail wedge-shaped, 

 more than half the length of the bird, black, and 

 barred with white : legs pale yellow. 



This likewise inhabits the isle of Panay. 



