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Africa, the South of Europe, France, Belgium, Germany, 

 and Russia. Mr. Yarrell states, on the authority of Mr. 

 Robert Davis, jun., of Clonmel, that an individual of this 

 species was shot in January, 1845, on the estate of the 

 Earl of Shannon, and is now, as a " specimen," in pos- 

 session of Samuel Moss, of Youghal, County Cork. An- 

 other bird of the same kind was shot at the same place, but 

 unfortunately not preserved. 



Falco naevius andF. maculatus. Gmel. Syst. Nat. i. 258. 

 Falco nsevius. Temm. Man. d'Ornith. i. 42. Aquila nsevia, 

 Gould, Birds of Europe. Aquila nsevia. Yarrell, Brit. 

 Birds, Suppl. 11. 



FAMILY VII. CUCULLSLE. 



GENUS XXL CUCULUS. CUCKOO. 



325. CUCULUS GLANDARIUS. GREAT SPOTTED CUCKOO. 



Feathers of the head elongated, acuminate, forming a 

 decumbent crest, of a dark-grey colour, as are the cheeks ; 

 upper parts greyish- black, the feathers of the wings and 

 the tail-coverts tipped with white ; the tail long, graduated, 

 the two medial feathers greyish-brown, the rest darker, 

 all tipped with white ; the lower parts white, anteriorly 

 tinged with reddish; bill, tarsi, toes, and claws, bluish- 

 black. 



Male, 15 . ., 8 T \, -^f, Ij-^, ^. 



Of this species, which is said by authors to inhabit 

 Senegal, Egypt, Syria, the Barbary Coast, Spain, and 

 other southern countries, and to appear occasionally in 

 France and Germany, an individual was taken in the 

 County of Galway, in the winter of 1843. The event 

 was made known by Mr. Ball, who subsequently informed 

 Mr. Yarrell, that it "was taken by two persons walking 

 on the Island of Omagh, where, pursued by hawks, it 

 flew for refuge into a hole in a stone- fence, or wall, was 

 taken alive and lived for four days (attempt being made to 

 feed it on potatoes). The specimen has been presented to 

 Trinity College, Dublin, and is now in the Museum." 



Cuculus gland arius. Linn. Syst. 169. Cuculus glan- 

 darius, Lath. Ind. Ornith. i. 208. Cuculus glandarius, 

 Temm. Man. d'Ornith. iii. 274. Cuculus glandarius, 

 Yarrell, Brit. Birds, Suppl. 35. 



