53° 



e u c k o w. 



Place. 



fecondaries are blackifh, edged with rufous : the tail is blackilKj, 

 and cuneiform : legs aih-colour. 

 Inhabits the coaft of ' Coromandel. 



27. 



HORNED 

 C. 



Deshutiom. 



Place. 



S 



Cuculus cornutusj Lin. Syjl. i. p. 171. N° 21. 



Le Cducou cornu du Brefil, Brif. om. iv. p. 145. N° zo. 



L'Atingacu du Bjefil, Buf. oif. iv. p. 409. 



Atinga guacu mucu, Will. om. 198. t. 38. — Rail Syn. 165. N° 2. 



IZE of a Thrufh : total length twelve inches. The bill a 

 little bent at the end, of a greenifh yellow : irides fangui- 

 neous : the head, and all the parts above, are the colour of foot % 

 on the head the feathers are long, forming a double creft, refem- 

 bling horns, which it can erecl: at will : parts beneath cinereous :•- 

 quills and tail foot-colour ; the laft darkeft, nine inches in length, 

 and tipped with white; the two middle feathers longefl: •, the 

 outer ones very fhort : legs and claws afh-colour, covered before 

 with feathers halfway. 



Inhabits Brafil. 



Willughby ranks it with the Thrufhes, and fays, . the toes are 

 difpofed after the ufual manner ; yet in the figure they are placed- 

 two and two : therefore Brijfon, and others after him, more pro- 

 perly place it with the Cuckow.. 



28. 



CHINESE 

 C. 



Cuculus Sinenfis,. Lin. Syjl. i. p. 171. N° 16. 



Lc Coucou bleu de la Chine, Brif. orn. iv. p. 157. N° 27. t. 14. A. fig. Zi 



San-hia de la Chine, Buf. oif. vi. p. 389. 



Description. CIZE of a Blackbird : length thirteen inches. Bill eleven inches 

 long, red; the upper mandible befet with briflles, turned. 

 forwards : irides red : the top of the head is white, marked with 



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