cuckow. 303 



deep rufous ; tail the same, but paler, tipped with white, cuneiform ; 

 breast, and all beneath white, crossed with lines of black; legs 

 reddish brown. 



Inhabits the Cape of Good Hope, with the former, of which it 

 is probably a Variety, if not a young bird, or a female. 



55 —YELLOW-BELLIED CUCKOW. 



Cuculus flavus, Lid. Orn. i. 215. Gm. Lin. i. 421. Gen. Zool. ix. p. 107. Lin. 



Trans, xiii. p. 179. 

 Le petit Coucou a tete grise, et ventre jaune, Buf. vi. 3S2. 

 Coucou petit de Panay, Son. Voy. 122. t. 81. PI. enl. 814. 

 Yellow-bellied Cuckow, Gen. Syn.W. 527. 



LENGTH eight inches. Bill pale yellow, point black ; upper 

 part of the head, and throat light grey; irides yellow ; neck behind, 

 back and wings, umber-colour, or light brown ; belly, thighs, and 

 under tail coverts pale yellow, with a rufous tinge ; tail cuneiform, 

 more than half the length of the bird, black, barred with white; legs 

 pale yellow. 



Inhabits the Isle of Panay ; also Java ; known there by the name 

 of Gedasse. 



56— PARADISE CUCKOW. 



Cuculus Paradiseus, Ind. Orn. i. 216. Gm. Lin. i. 422. 



Siamensis cristatus viridis, Bris.iv. 151. 1. 14. A. f. 1. Zd.8vo.ii. p. 83. 

 Gerin. t. 75. 

 Coucou a longs brins, Bris. vi. 387. 

 Drongo, Tern. Man. Ed. ii. Anal. p. lxi. 

 PaTadise Cuckow, Gen. Syn. ii. 528. 



SIZE of a Jay; length seventeen inches. Bill blackish; irides fine 

 blue ; colour of the plumage in general dull green ; head furnished 



