294 cuckow. 



M. Levaillant killed these on the borders of the Riviere des 

 Poissons, beyond the country of the great Namaqua, and supposes 

 the Species to be new. A similar one, brought from Bengal, is in 

 the collection of M. Raye de Breukelerwaerd, of Amsterdam. 



43.— BRONZED CUCKOW. 



Le Coucou gris bronze, Levail. Afr: v. GO. pi. 215. 



SIZE of our European Cuckow, but of a more slender make. 

 The bill broad at the base, the upper mandible curves downwards 

 at the point, and the inner shuts in beneath it, colour yellow ; the 

 plumage in general deep green bronze, very bright, and changing 

 into both blue and grey, in different lights ; but on the wings and 

 tail the blue predominates ; on the contrary, on the under parts, 

 from the chin, it is grey, lightly tinged with green ; the tail is half 

 the length of the bird, cuneiform, the two middle feathers four 

 inches and a half long, the outer about three inches; legs black. 



Said to inhabit Malimba, in Africa. M. Levaillant has only 

 seen a stuffed specimen, in the collection of M. Temminck, of 

 Amsterdam. 



44— GILDED CUCKOW. 



Cuculus anratus, Ind. Om. i. 215. Gm. Lin. i. 421 Nat. Misc. 1029. Gen. Zool. ix. 



p. 127. 

 Coucou vert dore et blanc du Cap de B. E. Buf. vi. 385. PL enl. 657. 

 Le Didric, Levail. Voy. (Fr. Id. 8vo.) i. 234. 

 Le Coucou Didric, male et fern, Levail. Afr. v. 46. pi. 210. 211. 

 Gilded Cuckow, Gen. Syn. ii. 527. Id. Slip. ii. 135. 



LENGTH seven inches and a half. Bill seven or eight lines, 

 greenish brown ; irides orange ; plumage above, from head to tail, 



