520 



C U C K W. 



that in this fpecimen the tail feathers were not regularly cuneated, 

 all but the two outer ones being equal, and thofe alone an inch 

 and a half fhorter than the reft. 



12. 



COROMANDEL 



CRESTED 



C. 



Le Jacobin huppe de Coromandel, Buf. oif. vi. p. 380. — PI. tnl. 872. 



Desckiption. t ENGTH eleven inches. Bill black : head crefted like the 



Tlacs. 





laft : the upper parts of the body black ; the under white : 

 on the edge of the wing a fpot of white, in the fame place as in 

 the laft fpecies : tail cuneiform, tipped with white : the wings 

 reach halfway of the length of it : legs brown. 



From the coaft of Coromandel. Buffon fuppofcs this and the 

 laft mentioned to vary only from climate. 



PISAN 

 C. 



Description. 



PiACE. 



Le Coucou huppe noir 81 blanc, Buf. oif. vi. p. 362. 

 Cuculus ex a!bo & nigro mixtus, Omitb.Ital. 1. 1. p. 81. 



A LITTLE larger than our Cuckow. Bill of a greenifh 

 brown : the head is black, and ornamented with a creft, 

 which falls behind : the upper parts of the body are black and 

 white : throat, breaft, and under tail coverts, rufous j the reft of 

 the under parts white : quills rufous, tipped with white : tail 

 black, with a white tip ; the feathers of it longer in proportion 

 than in our fpecies, and more cuneated than in the great /potted 

 Cuckow, N° 3, to which in other things it bears fome affinity : 

 legs green. 



A male and female of thefe birds were found near Pifa, in 

 Italy, where they made their neft, laying four eggs, fat on, and 



hatched 



