CUCULUS CINERACEUS, Vigors # Horsjield. 

 Barred-tailed Cuckoo. 



PLATE LXVII. 



C. supra plurnbeus, subtus ochraceo-ruber ; cauda nigra utrinque albo denticulata. 



Barred-tailed Cuckoo, Lath. Gen. Hist. vol. iii. p. 310. 



Cuculus cineraceus, Fig. $ Horsf. Trans. Linn. Soe. vol. xv. p. 298. 



If we can judge by the number of specimens which we have generally 

 met with in collections of skins from New Holland, we should say that 

 this plain-looking species of Cuckoo was very common, notwithstanding, 

 Dr Latham seems to be the only person who has noticed it previous to 

 the description of the Linnean Society's collection. We know nothing of 

 its habits. Its migrations, if any, are most likely confined to New Hol- 

 land, or to the Islands nearest to it. We are not aware of the species be- 

 ing found elsewhere. 



The length of most specimens seems to be from nine to eleven inches. 

 The upper part of the plumage is a dull bluish-grey, on the wings tinged 

 with brown, upon the tail nearly black ; the throat is pale blue-grey, the 

 rest of the under parts reddish ochre-yellow, palest on the belly and vent ; 

 the inner webs of the quills are marked with white, which forms a diago- 

 nal bar across the under surface ; the tail, with the exception of the centre 

 feathers, is deeply dentated with narrow white markings, which gives it 

 nearly a barred appearance when expanded. The feet and legs appear to 

 have been yellow. 



The Females are generally duller in the colouring, and have the under 

 parts transversely barred with dull bluish-black. The Young of the first 

 year are dull umber-brown, with transverse darker markings. 



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