cuckow. 269 



8— PANAYAN CUCKOW. 



Cuculus radiatus, Ind. Orn. i. 214. Gm. Lin. i. 420. Gen. Zool. ix. p. 91. 

 Coucou brun et jaune a ventre raye, Buf. vi. 379. Son. Voy. 120. t. 79. 

 Panayan Cuckow, Gen. Syn. ii. 517. 



SIZE of the Common Cuckow. Bill black ; irides orange ; the 

 throat and sides of the head the colour of red wine lees; upper part 

 of the head blackish grey; back and wings dull brown black; under 

 part of the quills, nearest the body, spotted with white ; tail black, 

 even at the end, barred and tipped with white ; breast dull yellow ; 

 belly light yellow ; breast and belly barred with black ; the legs 

 are reddish. 



Inhabits Panay, one of the Philippine Islands. 



9.— GREY-HEADED CUCKOW. 



Cuculus poliocephalus, Ind. Orn. i 214. 

 Grey-headed Cuckow, Gen. Syn. Sup. p. 102. 



LENGTH ten inches. Head and neck pale grey ; breast and 

 belly white, crossed with pale grey bars ; wings deep ash-colour, 

 some of the feathers with ferruginous edges ; tail nearly even at the 

 end, white, crossed with equidistant dusky bars ; legs pale brown. 



Inhabits India ; from the drawings of Lady Impey ; probably a 

 Variety of the Panayan Species, 



One, in the collection of Sir John Anstruther, was two inches 

 longer. Bill pale blue, base and gape yellow; head and neck light 

 grey ; back and wings deep blue black ; belly dusky white, crossed 

 with narrow, blackish stripes; upper and under tail coverts, and 

 vent white ; tail a trifle rounded at the end, two inches and a half 

 long, colour white, crossed with six or seven black bars ; the legs 

 yellow. 



