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white along the basal portion of their outer webs; all the under sur- 
face scarlet, separated from the green of the chest by a semilunar 
mark of white ; two middle tail-feathers golden green ; the two next 
on each side golden green on their outer webs and black on their 
inner, the whole six tipped with black; the three outer feathers on 
each side black, crossed by numerous narrow bars of, and narrowly 
tipped with, white; thighs black; bill orange ; irides red; feet dark 
grey. 
P Total length, 10 inches; bill, 1; wing, 53; tail, 53; tarsi, +. 
Hab. Escuintla, South America. 
Remark.—Nearly allied to Trogon collaris, Vieill. 
Cucutus orpratus. Cuc. corpore superiore ceruleo-griseo ; pogo- 
niis internis primariarum fasciis latis albis ornatis ; remigibus sa- 
turate violaceo-brunneis ; apicibus subalbidis, serie macularum ob- 
longarum albarum alternatim ordinatd ; corpore subtus albo, fasciis 
nigris. 
The whole of the upper surface slaty grey ; inner webs of the pri- 
maries broadly barred with white; tail-feathers dark violet-brown, 
with a row of oblong spots of white placed alternately on either side 
of the stem, and slightly tipped with white ; the lateral feathers have 
also a row of white spots on the margin of their inner webs; chin 
and breast light grey; all the under surface buffy white, crossed by 
bands of black; irides, bill and feet orange. 
Total length, 13 inches; bill, 14; wing, 72; tail, 63; tarsi, 3. 
Hab. Port Essington, Australia. ; 
Remark.—Closely allied to the Common Cuckoo of Europe. 
CucuLus inspEratus.. Cuc. capite, guld, et corpore superiore ce- 
ruleo-griseis ; alis, dorsoque nitide viridescentibus ; caudd brunneo- 
viridi singuld plumd apice albo, et marginibus pogoniorum inte- 
riorum ordine macularum albarum triangularium ornatis ; parte 
subseapulari tectricibus caude inferioribus, crissoque rufis ; corpore 
subtis rufo-tincto-griseo. 
Head, throat and all the upper surface dark slate-grey; back and 
wings glossed with green; tail glossy brownish green, each feather 
tipped with white, and with a row of triangular-shaped white marks 
on the margins of the inner webs; primaries and secondaries with a 
patch of white on their inner webs near the base ; edge of the shoulder 
white; under surface of the shoulder, vent and under tail-coverts 
rufous; the remainder of the under surface grey, washed with rufous ; 
bill black ; feet olive. 
Total length, 94 inches; bill, 1; wing, 63; tail, 5; tarsi, 2. 
Hab. New South Wales. 
Remark.—Nearly allied to C. cineraceus of Vigors and Horsfield. 
CucuLus puMEToRUM. Cuc. capite, uropygio, colloque saturate 
ceruleo-griseis ; alis, caudd dorsoque metallice brunneis ; apicibus 
remigum leviter albis ; pogoniis interioribus serie macularum tri- 
angularium parvarum ornatis ; pectore griseo, rufo-tincto. 
Head, neck and rump dark slate-grey ; back, wings and tail bronzy 
brown; tail-feathers slightly tipped with white and with a row of 
