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tibus. Tectrices inferiores ferrugineaî. Rcc/r/ccs cineraceo- 

 nigrœ, apicibus albo-maculatne ; duœ externa3 albo-fasci- 

 atœ ; ceetera3 utrinque marginibus albo-denticulatœ ; tertia 

 maculis tribus albis, quarta macula unicâ alba in medio 

 notatoe. Rostrum nigrum ; mandibnla inferiore basi pal- 

 lida. Pedes flavi. Longitudo corporis, lO-j^g-; alœ a carpo 

 ad remigem tertiam, 5\ ; caudœ, 5^ ; rostri ad frontem, f , 

 ad rictum, yt ; tarsi, ^V. 

 Barred-tailed Cuckoo ? Lath. Gen. Hist. iii. p. 310. 7io. 63. 



4. Incektus. C brunnescenti-cineraceiis, suhtus fcrrugineo- —^i 

 albido fasciatus ; tectricibus inferioribus albidis fusco-fasci- 

 atis ; rectricibus maculis ferrugineis utrinque tnargine denti- 

 culatis. 



Gula gutturque fuscae, albido-maculatae. Pectus ferrugineo- 

 albido fasciatum. Abdomen albido-fasciatum. Ahe ma- 

 cula humerali longitudinali alba notatœ. Remigum pogo- 

 nia interna macula sordido-albâ in medio notata, fasciam 

 sordido-albam, alis clausis, subtus efFormantia. Tectrices 

 inferiores albidœ, fusco-fasciatœ. Rectrices ferrugineo, den- 

 tium more, ad margines maculatœ ; externœ pogonio interno 

 fascia alba denticulate. Pedes fusco-flavi. Longitudo co7-- 

 poris, 9r ' ^^<^ ^ carpo ad remigem tertiam, 5yV ; caudce, 5^- ; 

 rostri ad frontem, f, ad rictum, 1 ; tarsi, f. 



Mr. Caley in his Notes seems to consider this bird as the 

 young of the last species. It differs much in the ground-coloui' 

 of the upper parts, and in the fasciœ of the lower ; while the 

 spots on the tail are ferruginous instead of being white. These 

 however are differences which may be easily supposed to take 

 place in the different stages of growth : our own Cuckoo differs 

 nearly as much in its early and adult ages. But there is one 

 character in which the two birds before us differ, and which is 



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