300 cuckow. 



51— GLOSSY CUCKOW. 



Cuculus plagosus, Ind. Om. Sup. xxxi. 

 Glossy Cuckow, Gen. Syn. Sup. ii. 138. 



LENGTH seven inches. Bill rather broad at the base, three 

 quarters of an inch long, curved, black ; nostrils round ; irides white ; 

 plumage in general above glossy gilded green, inclining on the crown 

 to coppery brown ; all beneath white, barred with dusky gilded brown ; 

 each feather having a bar half an inch broad near the end, appearing 

 most numerous on the chin and throat, though less distinct ; quills 

 dusky, the first two-thirds as long as the second, the third longest of 

 all ; tail rounded, brown, near the end a broad dusky bar; at the tips 

 of the feathers a round white spot ; besides which the exterior one 

 is spotted white on the outer margin, with some rufous markings on 

 the inner, and the white spot at the tip much larger ; and in addition, 

 there are two spots of white on the inner web about the middle, which 

 is black half way from the base ; legs of a moderate size, brown ; the 

 wings reach three-fourths on the tail. 



Inhabits New-Holland, described from a fine specimen in the 

 collection of the late M. de Fichtel ; also in that of Mr. H. Brogden. 



In another specimen, all the feathers above had a marginal fringe 

 of pale rufous, and the green less vivid ; under tail coverts white, 

 with three or four lucid brown spots; the outer tail feathers black 

 within, with four white spots, and a white tip ; the next rufous half 

 way from the base, the rest of the length dusky, with two spots of 

 white on the inner webs, near the end ; the third rufous half way on 

 the outer web ; from thence to the end dusky, and only one white spot, 

 smaller ; the four middle ones plain dusky, but all of them have a 

 greenish gloss, and excepting the exterior, have a dusky spot of black 

 near the end. 



One greatly similar to the last in the collection of Lord Stanley. 



