308 cuckow. 



and pale, approaching to white, beneath ; on the crown of the head 

 the feathers are margined with white, appearing as a mixture of 

 brown and white ; chin, throat, and breast marked with triangular 

 blackish, or dusky dashes down the middle of each feather, growing 

 larger as they approach the breast; the belly, thighs, and vent 

 dusky ; tail the same, the outer feathers white ; the legs are short, 

 pale brown. 



Another, of the same size, appears to be the female ; in this the 

 ground colours, above and beneath, are nearly the same, but the 

 crown has no mixture of white, and the under parts are plain dusky 

 white, except an irregular set of spots, nearly black, on the chin 

 and throat ; the tail has the two middle feathers brown, the others 

 white, or at least so on the outer web, growing dusky at the end. 



These were among the drawings of Mr. Woodford, and as the 

 toes in both are placed two and two, they ought to be ranked among 

 the Cuckows, otherwise they have much the air and appearance of 

 Thrushes. 



63— FLINDERS CUCKOW. 



LENGTH about fifteen inches. Bill stout, and horn-coloured ; 

 crown of the head dusky black ; over the eye a broad streak of buff- 

 colour ; behind the eye a streak of black, reaching to the wing ; 

 under parts of the body pale buff, marked with narrow, irregular 

 bands, or lines of black ; at the beginning of the back a patch of 

 black, somewhat mixed ; wings mixed with blackish and buff-colour; 

 tail long, cuneiform, brown, marked with curved buff, or tawny 

 crescents on each side of the shafts ; legs horn-colour. 



A second of these, supposed to be a female, or young bird, had 

 neither the crown, nor beginning of the back black, but of a brownish 

 colour; and the tail shorter than the other. 



