HMTtJR A LIST'S CABINET. 



Description Supposed cdolis. 



six long, and four shorter feathers,- their legs 

 short and strong. Its note is very different from 

 the cuckoo of this country and not so remark- 

 able to he taken notice of. It is a solitary bird, 

 frequenting the dark recesses of woods and shady 

 thickets, and retires on the approach of winter. 



THE CAPE CUCKOO. 



THIS is somewhat smaller than that of our 

 country; the bill a deep brown, the upper part 

 of the body a greenish brown ; the under parts 

 of the body white, crossed with lines of black, 

 the legs reddish brown. It inhabits the Cape of 

 Good Hope; and is most likely the same bird 

 which is called edolis, from its pronouncing that 

 word frequently in a low melancholy tone. Voy- 

 agers also mention another cuckoo which is com- 

 mon to Loango, in Africa. It is bigger than ours, 

 but of the same colour, and repeats the word 

 " cuckoo," like that bird, but in a different in- 

 flexion of voice. 



THE SACRED CUCKOO. 



THIS is also rather less than our cuckoo; the 

 general colour is blackish ash in the upper parts, 

 marked with two spots of white on each feather ; 

 beneath white, transversely spotted with ash et>- 



