cuckow. 293 



the River Swarte- kop and Sondag. Many also have been brought 

 from Senegal. He has never found the egg of this bird, nor does he 

 know, in the nest of what other it is deposited. 



41— BLACK-BREASTED CUCKOW. 



LENGTH fifteen inches. Bill stout, curved at the end, nostrils 

 in a membrane ; colour greenish brown ; crown of the head crested 

 at the back part ; head and neck brown ; the feathers with whitish 

 margins ; back and wings brown ; across the breast a narrow bar of 

 black; beyond this the belly and vent are dusky white; sides over the 

 thighs rufous; tail seven inches long, rounded at the end, and brown; 

 the wings, when closed, reach to the base of it ; legs stout, rather 

 long. 



A specimen of the above in the collection of Mr. Bullock. 



42— GREAT-BILLED CUCKOW. 



Le Coucou a gros bee, male, Levail. Afr. v. 59. pi. 214. 

 Cuculus crassirostris, Grosbeak Cuckow, Gen. Zool. ix. p. 86. 



THIS is about the size of the Common Cuckow, but the bill is 

 larger, stronger than usual in the Genus, and greenish yellow ; irides 

 deep chestnut ; general colour of the plumage black, with a rich 

 tint of blue on the back, wings, and tail ; the last is moderately 

 cuneiform, the length of the body, and the wings reach to about 

 one-fourth from the base ; legs strong, short, and scaly, the colour 

 yellowish brown ; claws black. 



The female differs, in having a brownish tinge on the fore part 

 of the neck, breast, and under parts of the body, and the tinge of 

 blue on the upper parts less brilliant. 



