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Cuculus niger, Lin. Syjt. i. p. 170. N° 12; IOi 



Le Coucou noir de Bengale, Brif. orn. iv. p. 141. N° 17. Var. B. 



Le Coukeel, Buf. oif. vi. p. 384. le troijieme. 

 Black Indian Cuckow, JSVw. pi. 58. 



CIZE of a Blackbird : length nine inches. Bill bright orange. Description 



fhorter and thicker than in the common Cuckow : the whole 

 bird of a black colour, gloried with green and violet : the tail is 

 wedged in fhape,. and four inches and a half in length : legs of a 

 reddifh brown : claws blackifh. 



Inhabits Bengal, where it is called Coukeel, no doubt from its Place. 



imitating that word. 



11. 

 +. CRESTED' 

 BLACK 

 ENTGTH twelve inches and a half. Bill an inch and a quarter c - 



long, and pretty much curved ; die colour of it black: the Description. 

 feathers of the head are an inch in length, forming a crefl : general 

 colour of the plumage glofTy black, except the bale of the four or 

 five firft quills, which are white, and form a fpot of that colour 

 en the outer edge of the wing : the tail is cuneiform j the two 

 middle feathers feven inches long ; the outer feathers only four 

 inches and a half ; the thigh feathers are pretty long, and hang a 

 good way over the legs, which are black. 



This inhabits the Cape of Good Hope, and is in the collection of Plaice. 



Sir Jofeph Banks. I am alfo in pofTeffion of a very perfect one ; 

 but it is rather lefs, and the tail not fo long in proportion. They 

 are fo alike, that I am clear they only differ in age or fex. 



This bird is likewife in the Cabinet du Rot. Bnffon * obferves,. . 



* Hiji. del oif. vol. vi. p. 38 U 



! that 



