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CUCULUS CANOBUS. 



(CUCKOO.) 



Cuculus, Briss. Orn. iv. p. 105 (1760). 



Cuculus canorus, Linn. Syst. Nat. i. p. 168 (1766). 



Le Coucou, Montbeill. Hist. Nat. Ois. vi. p. 305 (1779). 



Cuculus hepaticus, Lath. Ind. Orn. i. p. 215 (1790). 



Cuculus rufus, Bechst. Orn. Taschenb. i. p. 84 (1802). 



Cuculus borealis, Pall. Zoogr. Eosso-As. i. p. 442 (1811). 



Cuculus cinereus, C. L. Brehm, Vog. Deutschl. p. 153 (1831). 



Cuculus rochii, Hartl. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1862, p. 224. 



Cuculus indicus, Cab. Mus. Hein. iv. Heft 1, p. 34 (1863). 



Cuculus teleplionus, Heine, J. f. Orn. 1863, p. 352. 



Cuculus libanoticus, Tristram, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1864, p. 432. 



Cuthag, Cuach, Gaelic ; Coucou gris, French ; Cuco, Portuguese ; Cucu, Spanish ; Cuculo, 

 Italian ; Kuku or Bakkuku-Kahla, ad., Sultan-il-gameniem, young, Maltese ; Takouk, 

 Oukouk, Moorish ; gemeiner Kuckuk, Gauch, German ; Koekoek, Dutch ; Gjog, Kukker, 

 Danish ; Gjog, Norwegian ; Gok, Swedish ; Kdki, Finnish ; Kukushka, Russian. 



Figures notabiles. 



D'Aubenton, PI. Enl. 811; Werner, Atlas, Zygodactyles, pi. 1; Kjrerb. Orn. Dan. taf. 10, 

 Suppl. pi. 4; Frisch, Vog. Deutschl. taf. 51, 51, 52; Fritsch, Vog. Eur. taf. 4. figs. 8, 9 ; 

 Naumann, Vog. Deutschl. taf. 127, 128, 129; Sundevall, Svensk. Fogl. pi. 21. figs. 4, 5; 

 Gould, B. of Eur. pi. 240 ; id. B. of G. Brit. iii. pis. 67, 68 ; Schlegel, Vog. Nederl. 

 pis. 55, 56 ; Bettoni, Ucc. Lomb. pi. 92 ; Sparrm. Mus. Carls, pi. 55. 



Ad. supra saturate cseruleo-cinereus, fronte pallidiore, uropygio et supracaudalibus magis schistaceo-caeruleis : 

 remigibus saturate fuscis cinereo tinctis, in pogonio interno albo transfasciatis : cauda nigricaute albo 

 guttata et terminata, : gula, gutture et pectore superiore pallide caeruleo-cinereis : corpore reliquo 

 subtus albo nigricanti transfasciato, crisso vix cerviuo lavato : rostro sordide corneo, ad basin flavido : 

 iride et pedibus flavis. 



Juv. capite et corpore supra saturate fuscis transversim ferrugineo fasciatis, plumis anguste albo terminatis : 

 vitta alba in nucha, : remigibus saturate fuscis, extiis ferrugineo fasciatis et albo terminatis, in pogonio 

 interno albo transfasciatis : cauda fusca, albo guttata et terminata et ferrugineo fasciata : gula et 

 gutture cervino-albidis nigricanti fasciatis et fumoso lavatis : corpore reliquo subtus cervino-albo 

 nigricanti transfasciato, abdomine imo magis rufescente cervino tincto : iride fusca. 



Adult Male (Hampstead, April) . Upper parts generally dark bluish ash, the head rather paler, the rump 

 and upper tail-coverts deep slaty blue; quills dark brown, with an ashy tinge, on the inner web broadly 

 barred with white ; tail graduated, blackish, spotted with white, and tipped with the same colour ; 



