POLOPHILUS. 
Character, page 115. 
TAB. LVI. 
POLOPHILUS LATHAMI. 
P. capite, collo, gula, jugulo, pectore, abdomine femo- 
ribusque nigris albido-sparsis ; dorso alisque rufes- 
centibus, tectricibus fasciis obscuris, remigibus ma- 
culis distinctis nigris ; cauda nigra lineis transversis, 
subinterruptis, albidis. 
Habitat ——— 
LATHAMIAN COUCAL. 
Head, neck, throat, breast, belly, and thighs black, 
sprinkled with whitish; back and wings reddish, wing- 
coverts obscurely: banded, wing-quills distinctly spotted 
with black ; tail black, with narrow, transverse, somewhat 
interrupted, whitish bands. | 
The only specimen of this species that I have seen, is 
preserved in the British Museum ; but its locality is un- 
known. It is named after our celebrated ornithologist, 
Dr. Latham, whose labours justly entitle him to this mark 
of distinction. 
