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) Covas, Vaill. 
Only differ from the Cuckoos in their elevated tarsi.(1) They 
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build in hollow trees, and do not ‘lay their eggs in strange nests; a 
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fact, so far as regards those species phos mode of breeding is 
known, that cannot be denied: 
J¥e May separate from them an American species with a long 
beak, that is only curyed near the tip.(2) ' 
* M. Le Vaillant has already, and very properly, separated from the 
other Cuckoos the ¥ 
=. % Crnrropus, Illig. 
Or the Coucals,(3) species of Africa and India, in which the thumb 
nail is long, straight and pointed, as inthe Larks. Those which are 
known belong to the eastern continent. They also build in hollow 
trees.(4) ° : 
We should also distinguish with that naturalist, the 
Covrots,(5) or Vourouprious of Madagascar, 
In whose thick, pointed, straight and compressed: beak, which is 
but slightly arcuated at the point of its upper mandible, the nostrils 
are pierced obliquely in the middle of each side. Their tail is com- 
posed of twelve quills. They live in the woods, and build like the 
preceding birds. They are said to be mostly frugivorous.(6) 
32;—mindanensis, En]. 277;—gaira, Vieill. Gal. 44; Freycin. Voy. Zool. 26. Why 
Vieillot makes an .2nis of it, it is impossible to say. ; 
(1) From this division Vieillot makes his genus Coccyzus, Gal. 41. It is the 
Macrorvus of Spix, Cuc. madagascariensis, Enl. 825;—C. Lalandii, T. Col. 440;— 
cristatus, Enl. 589; Vaill. 217;—cexruleus, 295, 2; Vaill. 218;—navius, Enl. 812;— 
cayanus, Enl. 211;—C. brachypterus, T. or Macropus caixana, Spix, 43;—C. seni- 
ulus, Enl. 813;—Macropus phasianellus, Spix, 42. 
(2) Cuc. vetula, Enl. 772. Itis upon this distinction that Vieill. has founded his 
genus SaurorHera, Galer. 38. 
(3) Coucal, compounded of Cuckoo and Lark (Coe. and wisneeat: centropus, feet 
with spurs. Vieill. has changed it into Corypontz, and Leach into Poporuttus. 
(4) Cuculus xgyptius and senegalensis, Enl. 332; Vaill. Afr. 219;—philippensis, 
Nob. Enl. 824, or C. bubutus, Horsf. Jav.;—nigro-rufus, Nob. Vaill. Afr. 220;—tolu, 
Enl. 295; Vaill. 219;—dengalensis, Brown, Ill. X111;—rujinus, Nob., Vaill. 221;— 
‘zthiops, Nob. Vaill. 222;—gigas, Nob. Vaill. 223;—atralbus, Voy. de la Coq. 
Zool. 34. 
(5) Courol, from Cuckvo and Roller, From this division Vieill. has made his apes 
Lerrtosomus, Gal. 29. 
(6) Cuculus afer, Enl. 387, the male, whose beak is badly drawn, and 588, the 
female, where it is better, Vaill. 226, 227. 
