cuckow. 305 



Inhabits New-Holland, and seems to vary from the other in the 

 length of the tail, and want of gloss in the plumage ; perhaps 

 differing in sex or age, unless on future investigation, it may prove a 

 distinct species. 



58.— FAN-TAILED CUCKOW— Pl. lvii. 



Cuculus flabelliformis, Ind. Om. Sup. xxx. Gen. Zool. ix. p. 96. 

 Fan- tailed Cuckow, Gen. Syn. Sup. ii. 138. pl. 126. 



SIZE of a Song Thrush ; length ten inches, the tail occupying 

 at least one-third. The bill black, somewhat bent at the tip ; the 

 upper parts of the body dusky black, coming forwards on the breast, 

 and encircling it as a crescent ; cheeks and throat ferruginous buff; 

 sides of the breast the same, but the middle of it, and the belly pale 

 oker yellow ; tail greatly cuneiform, the two middle feathers black, 

 the others the same on the outer webs, barred on the inner with 

 alternate black and white ; the wings, when closed, reach to about 

 the middle; legs yellow. 



Inhabits New-Holland. 



59— SOCIETY CUCKOW. 



Cuculus Taitensis, Ind. Om. i. 209. Mus. Carls. Fasc. ii. t. 32. Gm. Lin. i. 412. 



Gen. Zool. is. p. 92. 

 Ara Weraroa, Cook. Voy. iv. 272. Id. last Voy. i. 150. 220. 333. 

 Coucou brun varie de noir, Buf. vi. 376. 

 Society Cuckow, Gen. Syn. ii. 514. 



SOMEWHAT smaller than a Magpie ; length nineteen inches. 

 Bill one inch and a quarter long, stout, and a trifle curved at the 

 point, colour blackish, paler beneath ; irides pale yellow ; plumage 



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