cuckow. 277 



18 — PISAN CUCKOW. 



Cuculus Pisanus, Ind. Orn. i. 211. Gm. Lin. i. 416. Gerin. t. 71. Gen, Zool. ix. p. 117. 

 Coucou huppe noir et blanc, Bris. vi. 362. 

 Pisan Cuckow, Gen. Syn. ii. 520. 



A LITTLE larger than our Cuckow. Bill greenish brown ;■ head 

 black, with a crest, falling behind ; plumage on the body above black 

 and white ; throat, breast, and under tail coverts rufous ; the rest of 

 the under parts white ; quills rufous, tipped with white ; tail black, 

 longer in proportion than in the Common Cuckow, and cuneiform ; 

 more so than in the Great Spotted Species, to which in other things 

 it bears some affinity ; legs green. 



A male and female of this bird were found at Pisa, in Italy, where 

 they made a nest, laying four eggs, which they sat on, and hatched. 

 These had never appeared there before, nor did any one know from 

 whence they came. 



19.— GREAT SPOTTED CUCKOW. 



Cuculus glandarius, Ind. Orn. i. 208. Lin. i. 169. Gm. Lin. i. 411. Borowsk. ii. 



125. t. 77. Gen. Zool. ix. p. 116. pi. 25. 

 Cuculus Andalusiae, Bris. iv. 126. Id. 8vo. ii. 76. Klein. 30. 5. Gerin. t. 70. 

 Grand Coucou tachete, Buf. vi. 361. 

 Great Spotted Cuckow, Gen. Syn. ii. 513. Edw. pi. 57. 



SIZE of a Magpie ; length thirteen inches and a half. Bill black, 

 more than one inch, and a little bent ; head slightly crested, with 

 erect, ash-coloured feathers ; crown black brown, and a band of the 

 same from the base of the upper mandible, through the eye, almost 

 to the hind head, broadest in the middle ; upper parts of the neck, 

 and body brown ; feathers of the wings tipped with white, or pale 

 ash-colour ; upper tail coverts also spotted ; quills brown, the outer 

 edges rufous, except at the tips ; beneath from chin to breast rufous 



