cuckow. 287 



33— BASAL CUCKOW. 



Cuculus basalis, Lin. Trans, xiii. p. 179. 



LENGTH six inches. General colour brownish, glossed with 

 green-gold ; chin, throat, and breast variegated with whitish and 

 pale brown ; belly fasciated with white and brownish ; the first quill 

 short, the two next longer, and equal ; the fourth shorter than the 

 two last; the fifth again shorter; the rest gradually decreasing; 

 colour brownish ; the exterior tail feather brownish green ; beneath 

 dusky, spotted with white ; the rest, except the two middle ones, 

 chestnut at the base, and fasciated with white at the tips; vent 

 whitish, marked with glossy brown spots, which are pointed behind. 



Inhabits Java. — Dr. Horsfield. 



34 —YELLOW-BILLED CUCKOW. 



Cuculus xanthorhynchus, Lin. Trans, xiii. p. 179. 



LENGTH six inches. General colour violet ; axillaries, belly, 

 and outer tail feathers fasciated with white. Bill yellow. 

 Inhabits Java. 



35—CRESTED BLACK CUCKOW. 



Cuculus serratus, Lid. Orn. i. 211. Mus. Carls, i. t. 3. Gtn. Zool. ix. 114. 

 Cuculus ater, Gm. Lin. i. 415. Tern. Man. Ed. ii. Anal. Ixxiii; 

 Edolio, Eolben's Hist. Cap. ii. p. 150. Gen. Zool. ix. pi. 22. 

 Crested black Cuckow, Gen. Syn. ii. 519. Id. Sup. p. 100. 



LENGTH twelve inches and a half. Bill one inch and a quarter 

 long, curved, and black ; the feathers of the crown an inch long 



