286 cuckow. 



30.— SWIFT CUCKOW. 



Cuculus fugax, Lin. Trans, xiii. p. 178.— Horsfield. 



LENGTH eleven inches and a half. Plumage above cinereous 

 grey, beneath white ; breast, belly, and hypochondres in the middle, 

 bay, at the back part marked with black lines ; tail fasciated with 

 dusky black, the tip ferruginous brown. 



Inhabits Java. 



31.— CHESTNUT CUCKOW. 



Cuculus Pravata, Lin. Trans, viii. p. 179. 



LENGTH eight inches and a half. Plumage above chestnut, 

 beneath undulated with whitish, and deep brown ; tail feathers black, 

 externally chestnut, and tipped with white. 



Inhabits Java ; there called Tracha. 



32— MOURNFUL CUCKOW. 



Cuculus lugubris, Lin. Trans, xiii. 179. 



LENGTH ten inches and a quarter. Plumage in general black, 

 glossed with green, outer quills spotted with white within ; the two 

 outer tail feathers, and vent fasciated with white ; shins at the back 

 part white. 



Inhabits Java ; the name Awon-awon. 



