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C U C K O W. 



'1.ACE. 



parts, from head to tail, are of a rich, gilded, glofiy green : on 

 the head are five ftripes of white ; one on the middle of the fore- 

 head ; two others above the eyes, infhape of eyebrows, pafirng be- 

 hind; and two more, narrower, and fhorter, beneath the eyes : 

 moft of the wing coverts, and the fecond quills, are tipped with 

 white; as are the tail feathers, and the two greater tail coverts: 

 the two outer tail feathers, and the outermoft quill, marked with 

 fmall fpots of white on the outer edge •: throat and under parts 

 white ; the fides, and feathers which fall over the knees, marked 

 with a few greenifh bars " legs grey : fhins covered as far as the 

 middle with white feathers : the length of the tail is more than 

 three inches, cuneated, and, in its natural ftate, fpread out like a 

 fan ; it is an inch and a quarter longer than the wings; and feems 

 longer in proportion, in this bird, than in moll of the other fpecies. 

 This inhabits the Cape of Good Hope; and, when in fine plumage, 

 there is not a more beautiful bird. 



24. 

 SHINING 



C. 

 Pl. XXIII. 



Description. 



Place. 



CIZE of a fmall Thrufh : length {even inches. Bill blueifh : 



irides hazel : the upper part of the body green, with a rich 



gilded glofs ; the under parts white, tranfverfely waved with green 



gold: the under tail coverts almoft white : the quills and tail dufky- 



brown ; the laft fhort, and but very little exceeding the wings in 



length: the legs blueifh. 



This inhabits New Zealand, where it is called Poopo-aroivrc. — 



It fhould feem to have fome affinity to the laft> but it has no 



ftripes of white on the head, nor blotches of white on the upper 



parts of the body : the tail too is much fhorcer than in that 



fpecies. I believe it to be altogether new. I am indebted for 



the figure I now give of it to the drawings of Sir Jofeph Banks. 



CucuIuj 



