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GILDED CUCKOW. 



(Cuculus auratus.) 



C. cauda cuneiformi, corpore supra viridi-aureo subtus albo, ca- 

 pite striis quinque albis, rectricibus duobus extimis latere exte- 

 riori omnibus apice albis* 



Cuckow with the body above of a green gold, beneath white ; 

 head with five white striae ; tail wedge-shaped, the two exte- 

 rior feathers with white spots on the outward edge, and all 

 with white tips. 



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

 1.215. 27. 



Coucou vert dore et blanc. Buff. Hist. Nat. Ois. 6. 385. 



Coucou vert du Cap de Bonne Esperance. Buff. PL Enl. 



657. 



Gilded Cuckow. Lath. Syn. 2. 527. 23. 

 Le Coucou didric. Le Vaill. Ois. d'Afr. 5. 46. 21O. mas. 211. 



fern. 



THIS most beautiful bird is about seven inches 

 in length : beak eight lines long, and of a greenish 

 brown colour : the upper parts are of a rich, gilded, 

 glossy green ; on the head are five stripes of 

 white ; two above the eyes, like eyebrows, passing 

 behind ; two more, shorter and narrower, beneath 

 the eyes ; and one on the middle of the forehead : 

 nearly all the wing-coverts and the second quills 

 have white tips ; as likewise the tail-feathers and 

 the two greater tail- coverts : the exterior quill and 

 two exterior tail-feathers with small spots of white 

 on the outer edge : throat and under parts white : 

 the sides and feathers which fall over the knees 



