542 C U C K O W. 



,,_ Cuculus Cayanus, Lin. SjJ}. i. p. 170. N° 14. 



CAYENNE Le Coucou de Cayenne, Brif. orn. m p. 122. N° 8. pi. 8. f. 2.— PI. 



^" enlum. 211. 



Le Coucou piaye, Buf. oif. vi. p. 414. 



Description. CIZE of a Blackbird : length fifteen inches and three quarters. 

 The bill is grey brown, above an inch long, and a little bent 

 at the tip : the plumage on the upper parts of the body purplifh 

 cheftnut; beneath the fame, but paler: quills the fame as the 

 upper parts, tipped with brown: tail the famej near the end 

 black, and tipped with white ; it is much cuneated, and above 

 ten inches long : the legs and claws are grey brown. 

 Place and This inhabits Cayenne, where it goes by the name of Piaye, or 



Devil. The natives give it that name, as a bird of ill omen. 

 The flelh they will not touch, and indeed not without reafon, as 

 it is very bad and lean. 



It is a very tame fpecies, fufFering itfelf to be almoft touched 

 by the hand before it offers to efcape. Its flight is almoft like 

 that of a Kingsfifher ; frequents the borders of rivers, on the low 

 branches ; feeds on infects j often wags its tail on changing 

 place. 



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Cuculus Cayanenfis minor, Lin. Syfl. i. p. 170. N° 14. /3. 



Var. A. Le petit Coucou de Cayenne, Brif. orn. iv. p. 124. N° 9. pi. 16. f*. 2. 



Description. QlZE of a Miilel Thrum : length ten inches and a half. Bill 



grey brown : head and upper parts purplifh cheftnut: throat 



to the brea ft the fame, but paler : belly, fides, and thighs, brown 



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