456 CLASS AVES. 



yellow-bellied Cuckow. C. Flavus. Enl. 814. 



Tail, wedge-shaped, pale-brown ; beneath, yellowish- 

 red ; crown and throat, ash ; tail, black, white banded. 

 Panay. 



There are moreover in Africa some pretty species, 

 of a more or less golden green. Their bill is rather 

 more depressed than in the common cuckow. 



Gilded Cuckow. C. Auratus. Enl. 657- Vaill. 

 211. 



Tail, wedge-shaped ; above, golden-green ; beneath, 

 white ; head with five white streaks ; two outer, and 

 tips of other tail-feathers, white. Cape of Good 

 Hope. 



Klaas Cuckow. C. Clasii. Vaill. 210. 



Green above, the feathers edged with golden-yellow ; 

 beneath, white ; middle tail-feathers, green ; other 

 quills, black and white. Africa. 



Shining Cuckoiv. C. Lucidus. Lath. Syn. 1. 1. 23, 

 and Col. 102. f. 1. 



Fulgent ; tail, nearly square ; above, golden-green ; 

 beneath, white, waved with golden and brown. New 

 Zealand. 



Cupreous Cuckow. C. Cupreus. Lath, and Vieill. 

 Gal. 42. 



Bright copper-colour, above ; beneath, yellow ; legs, 

 black, Africa. 



