248 coucal. 



have the general plumage black, except the wings, which are bright 

 ferruginous flame-colour; the prime quills barred with black. This 

 is known in India, by the name of Crow Pheasant,* and we may 

 suppose it to be a voracious bird, as it goes by an Indian name, 

 signifying Devourer with the Mouth. 



12— LARK-HEELED COUCAL. 



Cuculus Bengalensis, Ind. Orn. i. 214. Gm. Lin. i. 412. 

 Polophilus Bengalensis, Bengal Coucal, Gen. Zool. ix. p. 50. 

 Lark-heeled Cuckow, Gen. Syn. ii. 525. Brown Illust. p. 26. 1. 13. 



THIS is a trifle larger than a Lark. Bill dusky; head, neck, 

 back, and wing coverts ferruginous, marked with short white lines, 

 bounded by black, pointing downwards ; belly yellowish brown ; 

 quills reddish brown, the first and second of the prime ones plain, 

 the rest barred with black ; tail very long, and cuneiform ; the outer 

 feathers dusky, with brown tips ; the others marked with bars of 

 black, and narrow ones of brown ; legs black ; the inner hind claw 

 strait, as in the Lark. 



Inhabits Bengal. How many, or whether the whole of those 

 having the Lark-heeled, inner hind claw, are related to each other, 

 must be left to future enquiry. 



13— LATHAMIAN COUCAL. 



Polophilus Lathami, Lathamian Coucal, Zool. Misc. pi. 56. Gen. Zool. ix. p. 46. pi. 9. 



BILL short, curved, black ; head, neck, throat, breast, belly, 

 and thighs black, with whitish sprinklings ; back and wings reddish ; 

 wing coverts obscurely banded ; quills distinctly spotted, black ; tail 



* The Chestnut C. is called Pheasant Crow. 



