INDIAN ZOOLOGt. 37 



The back is tawny j the coverts of the tail greyj the 

 coverts of the wings, and the fcapulars, elegantly barred 

 with narrow undulated lines of black and white; the 

 quil-feathers dulky, ftriped with white on their out- 

 ward webs. 



The tail is very long, tipped with black, and com- 

 pofed of feathers of unequal lengths j the exterior feathers 

 being much the fhorteft. 



The legs and feet fmall and dufky : the toes difpofed 

 two backward and two forward, as in the woodpecker 

 tribe. 



THE plant is the Nummukria laSfea minima, Rumph^ Nummuiari*. 

 Amboin. lib. ix. f. 78. 



V. CUCULUS 



