4 THE AUSTRAL AVIAN RECORD [Vol. III. 



The plate here given is a faithful copy in the minutest 

 detail of the painting made by Thos. Watling about the 

 year 1790. It must, when criticising, therefore be remembered 

 that 125 years have elapsed since it was made, and allowance 

 given for the draughtsmanship, etc. When this is done I 

 am sure all Australian ornithologists will agree with me that 

 it is a good figure of the Cuckoo in immature plumage, and 

 that Latham's name, as confirmed by Gould, is tenable. 



