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PLATE 



XIIL 



FIG. I. THE LARK-HEELED CUCKOO. 



GENUS CUCULUS, LIN. SYST. 1 68. CUCKOO, PEN. GEN. BIRDS I 8'. 



SIZE, 

 BILL, 

 HEAD, 



BELLY, 

 PRIMARIES, 



TAIL, 



LEGS, 



PLACE, 



fomewhat larger than a Lark. 



diifky. 



NECK, BACK, and COVERTS OF WINGS, - femi- 



ginoiis, marked with fhort Unes of white 



bounded by black, pointing downwards, 

 of a yellowilli brown, 

 firft and fécond, of a plain reddifli brown; the 



refl: barred with black, 

 very long and cuneiform; outiide feathers, dufky 



tipped with brown; the others marked with 



bars of black and narrow ones of brown, 

 black ; inmoft toe behind furnifhed with a very 



long ftrait claw, like a Lark, 

 inhabits Bengal. GoiTimunicated by that worthy 



ornithologift the late Mr. george edwards» 



