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C. cupreus, Lath. Head, neck, and upper parts of the body bril- 

 liant copper-colour, with a golden gloss ; belly and thighs yellow ; 

 tail wedge-shaped, with the exterior feathers marked with a tri- 

 angular white spot at their tip ; legs black. Size of the Lark. In- 

 habits Africa. Shaw. ix. 129. 



C. chalcites, Tern. Plumage metallic green, with the head red, glos- 

 sed with bronze ; tail red at the base, greenish in the middle, 

 white at the tip ; belly white ; neck anteriorly and breast varied 

 with brown. 5^ inches long. Australasia Tern. PI. Col. 103.fig.2. 



C. Klasii, Vieill. Brilliant copper green on the head and upper 

 parts ; eyebrows white ; wing-feathers bronze green above, black 

 and spotted with white below ; under parts pure white ; lateral 

 feathers of the tail white within, with blackish transverse lines ; 

 bill and legs black. 7 inches long. Inhabits Africa. Shan>,ix. 128. 



Gen. 4. COCCYZUS, Vieill. Cuculus, Lin. 

 Bill strong, compressed in all its length, ridge distinct, slightly 

 bent from its base ; lower mandibles straight, inclined at the 

 point ; nostrils basal, lateral, half shut by a naked membrane ; 

 legs slender ; tarsus much longer than the exterior toe; wings 

 short and rounded, the first five feathers graduated. 



C. Cayanus, Tern. Plumage above purplish chestnut, paler beneath; 

 tail wedge-shaped, all the feathers tipped with white. 16 inches 

 long. Inhabits Cayenne. Shaw, ix. 90. 



C. ncevius, Tern. Plumage above brownish ferruginous ; beneath ru- 

 fous white ; hind part of the neck rufous gray, with deep brown 

 down the shafts, back, and rump ; quills grayish brown, with a 

 rufous spot near the tips ; tail tipped with reddish. 10J inches 

 long. Inhabits .Guiana. Shaw, ix. 99. 



P. Geoffroyu, Tern. Plumage above bronzed green with a golden 

 gloss; forehead, cheeks, neck anteriorly, and breast brown, the tips 

 of the feathers with a reddish white crescent ; crest bluish ; belly 

 yellowish ; tail wedge-shaped. 19 inches long. Inhabits South 

 America. Tern. PL Col. 7- 



Gen. 5. CENTROPUS, Illig. Corydonyx, Vieill. Polophilus, 



Leach. 



Bill thick, strong, compressed, deeper than broad, carinated, ar- 

 cuated towards the tip; nostrils basal, lateral, diagonally cleft; 

 legs long, robust ; tarsus longer than the exterior toe ; the 

 two anterior joined at the base ; inner hind toe with a long 

 subulate claw. 



C. JEgyptius, Tern. (Cuculus, Lath.) Egyptian Coucal. Plumage 

 dull green above, reddish white beneath ; head, back of the neck, 

 and tail of a beautiful green ; wings red ; tail wedge-shaped. 15 

 inches long. Inhabits Egypt. Shaw, ix. 54. 



C. rujinus, Cuv. Plumage above rufous, with the feathers streaked 



