C U C K O W. 



5*7 



Cuculus pun£latus, Lin. Syjl.l. p. 170. N° 8. 



Le Coucou tachete des Indes, Brif. orn. iv. p. 134. N° 14. pi. 



brun piquete de roux, Buf. oif. vi. p. 377. 



. tachete des Indes Orientales, PL enl. 771. 



10. fLi. 



T ARGER than our Cuckow : length fixteen inches and a half. 

 Bill horn-colour ; from the bafe of it to the ears, paffing 

 under the eyes, is a rufous band : the plumage on the upper 

 part of the body is brown, fpotted with rufous ; beneath rufous, 

 tranfverfely marked with blackifh brown ftris; thofe on the 

 belly leaft numerous : the tail is cuneated, eight inches and a 

 quarter long, tranfverfely barred with rufous arched bands on 

 each fide the fhafts ; all the feathers have rufous ends : the legs 

 are grey brown : the claws blackifh. 



The female differs in having the rufous fpots on the upper 

 parts lefs numerous, and the under parts much paler, than in the 

 male. 



This fpecies is found in the Eajl Indies, and in the Philippine 

 IJlands. 



RUFOUS 



SPOTTED 



C. 



Description; 



Female. 



Place, 



Le Coucou tachete de 1'Ifle de Panay, Son. Voy. p. 120. pi. 78'. 



'"pHIS is two-thirds bigger than our Cuckow. The bill is 

 black : irides yellow : the upper parts of the body a very 

 deep brown, fpotted with rufous yellow ; thefe fpots are oblong, 

 on the head, and round on the neck, back, and wing coverts ; 

 but on the quills they are tranfverfe, and yellowifh, intermixed 

 with black dots : the throat is black, fpotted as the back : 



breaft 



PANAYAN 



SPOTTED 



C. 



Description-,; 



