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Cuculus auratus, Jzd. Orz. i. p. 215. 27- 
Le Didric, Lewarll. Voy. (Fr. ed. 8vo.) i. p, 234. 
Gilded Cuckow, Gen, Syz. ti. p. 527. 23. 
HIS Mr. Levaillant found about Koks Kraai, inwards from the 
Cape of Good Hope, and properly remarks, that it is undoubtedly 
the fineft bird of the genus. It fings continually, perched on the 
extremities of large trees, and utters with varied modulation the 
fyllables di-di-didric, as diftin@tly as can be written; hence he has 
named it Le Didric. 
Cuculus Indicator, Zzd.. Orn. i. p. 218. 35. 
Coucou indicateur, Lewaill. Voy. (Fr. ed. 8v0.) i. p. 253. War. 
Honey Cuckow, Gen. Syn. il. p. 533.—Jd. Sup. p. 101. 
HE cock, deferibed by Sparrman, has the neck encircled with a 
black ring * ; according to Levaillant, it is faid to be larger than 
the common Cuckow, very tame, and not afraid to come near him, 
and that the Hoftentots held it in great veneration +. He likewife 
adds, that nothing was found in its ftomach on diffeétion but wax 
and honey, not a veftige of any imfec&t: the fkin fo remarkably thick, 
as when frefh fcarcely to be pierced with a pin, a wife provifion 
again{t the ftings of the infeéts which he is to encounter: the neft 
is'in the hollow. of trees, which it climbs like the Woodpecker, and it 
hatches its own eggs; from hence the manners feem to be totally 
diftin& from the European Cuckow. 
Cuculus Vetula, Zzd. Orn. i. p. 218. 36. 
Long-billed Rain Cuckow, Gen. Syz. ii. p. 535. 32. 
\A R. Abbot, long refident at Savannah, in Georgia, obferved to me, 
that the Rain Cuckow, is not unfrequent about Burke country, 
* See Sparrm. Voy, (1zmo. ed.) ii. p. 142. called there Capzfrum. 
+ Called by the Cape farmers, Honey Bird, Barrew’s Trav. p. 321. 4 
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