CUCULUS CANOEUS. 



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streaked and spotted with brownish red and purple ; in others it is stone-coloured or pale reddish, blotched 

 with brownish grey, yellowish brown, or brownish red. 

 They average about - 9 by 0'7 inch. 



For permission to give the accompanying woodcut I am much indebted to the kindness of Mr. Gould. It 

 is a copy from his facsimile of Mrs. Blackburn's sketch in the ' Pipits.' 



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