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 THE CUPREOUS CUCKOW. 



GENERIC CHARACTER. 



Bri-L fomewhat bending. 

 Nostrils bounded by a fmall rim. 

 Tongue fhort, pointed. 

 F£ET fcanforial. 



SPECIFIC CHARACTER." 



•Copper-coloured Cuckow, with a glofs of gold i the abdomen and thighs- 

 yellow. 



^T^HE very elegant bird figured on the prefent plate is a fpecies never 

 -E- before defcribed : its native country is not certainly known : it is, how- 

 ever, moft probably, an African bird, and is pretty nearly allied to fome other 

 African Ipecies of this genus. 



In fize it is almoft equal to a lark, but is of a longer and more delicate 

 form. It is remarkable for the beautiful luftre and changeable appearance of 

 its plumage, which, on the whole upper furface of the bird, is of a bright 

 copper-colour, with a metaUic fplendor, varying according to the diredlion of 

 the light into a much brighter or more golden call in fome parts, and into 



a much 



