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hatched them. It was obferved that this fpecies had never made 

 its appearance there before ; nor was it known from whence 

 thefe birds came. 



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GREAT 



le Coucou verdatre de Madagafcar, Buf. oif. vi. p. 364.— PL enl. 815. MADAGASCAR 



'"THIS is of a large fize .: length twenty-one inches and a half. Description. 



Bill an inch and three quarters, and black : irides orange : 

 upper parts of the body deep olive, obfcurely waved with deep 

 brown : throat light olive, tinged with yellow : breaft and upper 

 part of the belly fulvous ; lower part of the laft, and under tail 

 coverts, brown : thighs greyifh afh-colour : tail ten inches long ; 

 fome of the fide feathers tipped with white : the wings reach two 

 inches further than the bafe of the tail.: the legs are yellowilh 

 brown. 



Inhabits Madagafcar. Place. 



14. 

 Var. A. 



SECOND of thefe birds was full as big as a Fowl, and near Description. 



.half an inch longer than the other. On the head was a 

 naked blueiih fpace, fomewhat furrowed, and encircled with black 

 feathers ; thofe of the head and neck were foft and filky : the 

 bafe of the bill briftly : infide of the mouth black : the tongue 

 black and forked.: irides reddifh : thighs, and in fides of the 

 wings, blackifh : legs black. This bird had the property of 

 turning the outer toe forwards as well as behind. It was fup- 

 pofed to be the male of the former, as it was feen in company of 

 ;the others. 



3X Cuailus 



