282 cuckow. 



these spots are oblong on the head, round the neck, and wing 

 coverts; but on the quills transverse, and yellowish, intermixed with 

 black dots ; throat black, spotted as the back ; breast and belly pale 

 rufous, transversely striped with black ; tail long, even at the end, 

 rufous yellow, barred with black ; legs lead-colour. 



Inhabits the Isle of Panay. It may be observed, that although 

 similar to the last, it differs in wanting the rufous mark under the 

 eyes, and the tail not being cuneiform ; otherwise not unlike, both in 

 figure and description. 



26.— EASTERN BLACK CUCKOW. 



Cuculus Orientalis, Ind. Orn.'x. 210. Lin. i. 168. Gm.Lin.'i. 410. Gen. Zool.ix. 



p. 87. Lin. Trans, xiii. p. 178. male. 

 Cuculus Indicus niger, Bris. iv. 142. t. 10. f. 1. Id. 8vo. ii. 81. 

 Coucou noir des Indes, Coukeel, Buf. vi. 383. 1. PL enl. 274. 1. 

 Eastern Black Cuckow, Gen. Syn. ii. 518. 



SIZE of a Pigeon ; length sixteen inches. Bill grey brown ; 

 plumage black, glossed with green, and in some parts with violet, 

 especially under the tail, which is eight inches in length, and much 

 rounded, if not cuneiform ; quills brown within ; legs grey brown. 



One, in Mr. Bullock's collection, had a tail at least ten inches 

 in length. 



Inhabits the East Indies. 



A— Le Coukeel, Buf. vi. 383. 2. Gen. Syn. ii. 518. 10. A. 



Length fourteen inches and a half. Bill black, with a yellow 

 tip ; tongue intire ; irides bright red ; the whole plumage blackish, 

 glossed with blue ; the first quill feather is half as short again as the 

 third, which is the longest of all. 



