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CUCULUS XANTHORHYNCHUS. 



Entire length, six inches and one half. Head and upper parts deep brown, 

 with a beautiful violet reflection, which in a certain light exhibits a metalhc lustre. 

 Quill feathers, and four exterior tail feathers on each side, deep blackish-brown. 

 Three exterior tail feathers banded with white : the smallest is tipped with white at 

 the end, and the bands are nearly equal in breadth on both vanes ; on the second, 

 the bands on the external vanes are broader ; and on the third they are greatly con- 

 tracted, and confined to the exterior vane. The breast, abdomen, thighs, and axilla 

 are pale ferruginous, and marked with regular transverse bands of deep brown, on 

 which a metallic lustre is occasionally perceptible. The plumes of the front and 

 crown of the head are capable of being elevated to a very sUght crest. 



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