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CUCULUS PYRRHOCEPHALUS. 



THE RED-HEADED CUCKOO. 



Cuculus Pyrrhocephalus, Gmelin, Lin, i. 417. Latham, ii. 544/ 

 Index Ornith. i. 222. 



^ 'cucKoo'" 'T^HE Cingalefe give this fpecies the r.ame oi Malkohai 

 it inhabits the woods, and lives on fruits. 

 Its length is fixteen inches : its weight four ounces. 

 .The bill is much arched, ftrong, and of a greenilh- 

 -yellow color: the crown of the head, and part of the 

 cheeks, are of a bright crimfon, entirely furrounded by a 

 band of white. The hind part of the head and neck 

 black, marked with fmall vvhite fpots : the fore part of 

 the neck entirely black. 



The back and wings black : the tail very long, com- 

 pofed of feathers of unequal lengths; their lower part 

 black, the ends white. 



TffE breaft and belly white : the legs of a pale blue^ 



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