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Rufous Cuckow. C. Rufinus. Cuv. Vaill. 221. 

 Rufous ; stem of the feathers lighter. Africa. 

 jEthiopian Cuckow. C. JEthiops. Cuv. Vaill. 222. 

 Black ; bluish over the eyes. Africa. 



Giant CucJcoiv. C. Gigas. Cuv. Vaill. 223. 



Rufous, above ; dingy, underneath ; tail, dingy, with 

 numerous black bars. Africa. 



Black and White Cuckow. C. Ateralhus. Lesson. 

 Voy. de la Coquille, t. 33. 



Forehead, black ; neck and chest, brown- white ; back, 

 belly, tail, and wing, blue-black ; wing, with a white 

 speculum. New Zealand.* 



We ought also, with this naturalist, to distin- 

 guish 



The CouROLS,t or Vouroudrions, of Madagascar, 



With the bill thick, pointed, strongly compressed, 

 slightly arched at the end of the upper mandible, 

 with the nostrils pierced obliquely in the middle on 

 each side. Their tail has twelve quills. They 

 nestle like the preceding, and live in woods. They 

 are said to be principally frugivorous. 



African Courol. C. Afer. Enl. 387, ^^^ male with 

 the bill badly represented ; and 558, the female, where 

 it is better. Vaill. 226 and 227. 



Golden-green ; beneath, grey ; head and neck, ash ; 



* Add Centropus Membiki. Lesson, Voy. Cog. t. 34. Black and green. 

 New Guinea. 



f Compounded of Cuckow and Roller, the genus Leptosomus of Vieill. 



