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One of these, in the collection of drawings of Lord Mountnorris, 

 was twelve inches in length. The head greatly crested ; general 

 colour, as usual, black ; at the edge of the wing a white spot ; the 

 middle tail feathers five inches and a half long, the exterior three 

 inches and a half, the ends of all bvit the two middle ones white ; the 

 wings reach very little beyond the base of the tail ; legs lead-colour. 



Another, in the collection of Mr. Leadbeater, fifteen inches long. 

 Bill stout, bent, black; head much crested, some of the feathers 

 being one inch and a half long; general colour of the plumage 

 above black, with a greenish gloss ; beneath, from the breast, and 

 the thighs buff-colour ; chin buff, streaked with blackish ; the nine 

 first quills crossed within with a white bar, near one inch long, not 

 reaching the outer web, nor the inner web of the ninth feather ; tail 

 cuneiform, the two middle feathers eight inches and a half in length, 

 all of them tipped with white ; legs black, feathered half way on 

 the fore part. 



38.— CEYLON CUCKOW. 



LENGTH seventeen inches. Bill curved, black; general colour 

 of the bird above, and the tail fine blue black ; the head much 

 crested; sides of the head well clothed ; chin and throat dull yellow 

 oker; from this the rest of the under parts white ; thighs pale ash- 

 colour ; tail cuneiform, blue-black ; the two middle feathers nine 

 inches long, the others gradually much shorter ; legs blue, the hind 

 claws curved, neither of them strait nor subulated. 



Inhabits Ceylon. — Mr. S. Daniell. 



39— BROWN CUCKOW. 



LENGTH thirteen inches. Bill bent; general colour of the 



back and wings brown, mottled with white ; head, neck, and under 



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