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Brazen Cuckow. C. Chalcites. Col. 102. 



Reddish-brown, above ; each feather with a greenish 

 metallic line in the middle ; beneath, whitish, waved 

 with light-brown. South Sea Islands. 



Other species, the greater part of which are spot- 

 ted, have the bill higher vertically. 



Rufous Spotted Cuckow. Cu. Punctatus. Enl. 

 771? and Scolopaceus, Enl, 586, perhaps also Macu- 

 latus, Enl. 764, may be mere varieties. 



Tail, wedge-shaped ; above, blackish, red spotted ; 

 beneath, red, black streaked ; tail, red, banded. 

 India. 



Sacred Cuckow. C. Honoratus. Lin. Enl. 294. 

 VaiU. 216. 



Tail, wedge-shaped, blackish, white spotted ; beneath, 

 white and ash, banded. Malabar. 



Society Cuckow. Cu. Taitensis. Sparm. Mus. 

 Carl. 32. 



Brown, ferrugineous, spotted ; beneath, white, brown 

 streaked ; tail, wedge-shaped, with sublimate ferrugine- 

 ous bands. Pacific Islands. 



Mindanao Cuckow. C. Mindanensis. Enl. 277- 



Golden-green, with white spotted ; beneath, whitish, 

 black waved. Philippine Islands. 



Guira Cuckow. C. Guira. Vieill. Gal. 44. 

 Freycinet. Voy. t. 66. One cannot say why M. 

 Vieillot has made a Crotophaga of this species. 



Yellowish-white ; crested ; head, neck, and wing- 



