C U C K O W. 



white, and the outmoft one margined with white : the legs are of 

 a blueifh black. 



This likewife inhabits Jamaica with the laft. Both are known 

 by the name of Old Man, or Rain-bird. 



537 



Place. 



Le petit Vieillard, Buf. oif. vi. p. 401. 



Coucou des Paletuviers de Cayenne, PL en!. 813. 



'T^'HIS and the Rain-bird of Jamaica, are faid to be {o like 

 each other, efpecially the female of the laft, both in colour, 

 fhape, &c. that one defcription may ferve ; but this is much lefs, 

 and the tail is fhorter in proportion. It is about twelve inches 

 long. The bill as in the laft j as are the upper parts of the body 

 and tail : the irides yellow : the chin is white : the reft of the 

 parts beneath pale rufous : the legs feem longer than in the 

 laft. 



It inhabits Cayenne, and lives on infedls, efpecially thofe large 

 caterpillars which, feed on the leaves of the mangrove ; for the 

 purpofe of which, thefe birds frequent the places where fuch trees 

 grow, and are principally found there. 



34- 



MANGROVE 



C. 



Description, 



Pi- 



ace. 



Cuculus Amerkanus, Lin. Syft. i. p. 170. N° 10. 

 Le Coucou de la Caroline, Brif. orn. iv. p. 112. N° 5. — PI. tnl. 816. 

 Le Vieillard a ailes rouffes, Buf. oif. vi. p. 400. 

 Cuckow of Carolina, Catejb. Carol, i. pi. 9. — Amtr. Zool. N* 

 Br. Muf. Lev. Muf. 



35- 



CAROLINE 



C. 



length 



thirteen inches. Bill fourteen Description. 



CIZE of a Blackbird 



lines ; the upper mandible is black, the bafe yellowifti ; the 



3 Z under" 



