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SHINING CUCKOW. 



(Cuculus lucidus.) 



C. fulgidus, cauda subezquali, corpore supra viridi-aureo, subtus 



albicante viridi aureojuscoque undulato. 

 Shining Cuckow, with the tail nearly equal; body above of a 



greenish brass, beneath whitish, with green gold and fuscous 



undulations. 

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



215. 28. 

 Shining Cuckow. Lath. Syn. 2. 528. 24. 23. 



LENGTH the same as C. auratus : beak blueish : 

 irides hazel: upper part of the body green, with a 

 fine, rich, gilded gloss ; the under parts white, 

 transversely undulated with green gold : under 

 tail-coverts nearly white: quills and tail dusky 

 brown ; the latter very short, scarcely exceeding 

 the wings : legs blueish. 



This species has a great affinity to C. auratus, 

 but it has not the white stripes on the head, or 

 blotches on the body peculiar to that bird : it is a 

 native of New Zealand, where it is called Poopo- 

 arotvro. 



