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Spotted Cuckow. C. NcEvius. Enl. 812. 



Ferrugineous-brown; throat, brown, striped; tail, 

 reddish, tipped. Cayenne. 



Cayenne Cuckow. C. Cayanus. Enl. 211. 



Purplish-chesnut ; beneath, ash ; tail-feathers, white 

 tipped. 



Chesnut Cuckow. C. Brachypterus. Tem. or Macro- 

 pus Caiwana. Spix. 43. 



Small ; chesnut ; bill, arched. 



Mangrove Cuckow. C. Seniculus. Enl. 813. 



Ash ; beneath, reddish ; throat, white ; tail, short, 

 wedge-shaped. Cayenne. Length, twelve inches. 



Pheasant Cuckow. Macropus Phasianellus. 



Spix. 42. 



Slender ; olive-brown, beneath ; and top of tail, white ; 

 crest, reddish ; chest, black spotted.* 



We may separate from these an American species 

 with a long bill, bent only at the end. 



It is on this distinction that Vieillot has made his 

 genus Saurothera, Gal. 38. 



Long-hilled Cuckow. C. Vetula. Enl. 772- 



Brown ; beneath, lighter ; eyelashes, red; tail, wedge- 

 shaped. Jamaica. Length, fifteen inches.f 



* Coccyzus Minutus, Vieill. the Cuculus Cayanus Minor of Lath. ; Coc- 

 cyzus Latkami, of Vieill.; Cuculus Cornutus, Lin.; C, Rubibandus, L,ath. ; 

 C. PuTictulatus, Gm. ; C. BiasUiemis, Lin.; and Coccyzus Geoffroyii, o[ Tem. 

 Col., seem referable to this division. 



f Add C. Plurialh, which is probably tlie female. 



