292 cuckow. 



parts white, with dusky markings ; tail long, cuneiform, whitish, 

 barred irregularly with dusky ; legs bluish ; toes before and behind 

 moderately hooked. 

 Inhabits Ceylon. 



40. -COLLARED CUCKOW. 



Cuculus Coromandus, Ind. Orn.i. 216. Lin.i. 171. Chtt.Lin.'u 121. Gen. Zool.\x. 



p. 119. 

 Cuculus Coromandus cristatus, Bris. iv. 147. t. 11. A. f. 1. Id. 8vo. ii. 82. Gerin. 



Orn. t. 74. 

 Coucou huppe a Collier, Buf. vi. 388. PL enl. 274. 2. 

 Le Coucou a Collier blanc, Levail. Afr. v. 56. pi. 213. 

 Collared Cuckow, Gen. Syn. ii. 529. 



THE size of this bird is said to be about that of the Missel 

 Thrush, and the length twelve or thirteen inches. The bill bluish 

 black, about one inch long, and curved at the tip ; irides hazel ; the 

 plumage on the upper parts, and the tail mostly black, with a bluish 

 cast, and in some lights appearing brown, the feathers of the hind 

 head are narrow, and much elongated, so as to form a crest pointing 

 backwards ; chin and throat yellowish rufous ; wings deep rufous ; 

 breast, and under parts of the body, dusky white, surrounding the 

 lower part of the neck as a white collar ; the tail greatly cuneiform, 

 as in our Magpie ; the two middle feathers six inches in length, the 

 outer about three ; under parts of the quills and tail rufous grey ; 

 legs bluish black. 



The female differs in being a trifle smaller ; the chin and throat 

 white, like the rest of the under parts ; the wings, although rufous, 

 yet not of so deep a tinge ; hence the one described by Buflbn, may 

 probably be the female. 



The above is found not only on the coast of Coromandel, but also 

 on the South Coast of Africa, where M. Levaillant met with it, near 



