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Table I., the hind-toes are found to be two, and 

 two before; it is therefore of the order Scansores, 

 or Climbers, and reference is made to Table XIV., 

 when, as its beak is not very large at the base, and 

 not toothed, it must be of the Cuneirostral tribe, 

 Table XY. On examining its beak, and finding it 

 rather curved, with mandible rounded, and nostrils 

 projecting, there can be no hesitation in pronouncing 

 it to be a Cuculus, or Cuckoo. And so it is: the 

 Golden Cuckoo, one of the most splendid ornaments 

 of the South African forests, and not uncommon at 

 the Cape of Good Hope; and in such a gorgeous 

 garb, little likely to be taken, by an ignorant ob- 

 server, for a bird belonging to the family of the gray 

 and sober livery-clad class of Cuckoos, peculiar to 

 our northern latitudes. 



