cuckow. 315 



72. -MANGROVE CUCKOW. 



Cuculus Seniculus, Intl. Orn. i. 219. Gen. Zool. ix. p. 125. 



minor, Gm. Lin.'i. 411. 



Petit Vieillard, Coucou des Paletuviers, Buf. vi. 401. PI. enl. 813. 

 Le Coucou proprement dit, Voy. d'Azara iv. No. 267. 

 Mangrove Cuckow, Gen. Syn. ii. 537. 



BILL black : irides brown. This, and the Rain Bird of Jamaica, 

 are said to be so like each other, especially the female of the latter, 

 that one description might serve : it is about twelve inches in length ; 

 plumage on the upper parts, and tail, as in the last; chin white; 

 the rest of the under parts pale rufous ; the legs longer than in that 

 bird, and lead-colour. 



Inhabits Cayenne, and lives on insects, especially those large 

 caterpillars, which feed on the leaves of the mangrove, and in course 

 found principally where those trees grow ; inhabits also Paraguay, in 

 summer; makes a nest like that of a Pigeon, and lays three greenish 

 white eggs; observed often to lift up its tail. 



73— LAUGHING CUCKOW. 



Cuculus ridibundus, Ind. Orn. \. 220. Gm. Lin. i. 414. Gen. Zool. ix. p. 109. 

 Avis ridibunda, Quapachtototl, Will. 298. Id. Engl. 387. Raii 174. 

 Cuculus Mexicanus, Bris. iv. 119. 7rf.8vo.ii. 74. 

 Laughing Cuckow, Gen. Syn. ii. 539. 



LENGTH sixteen inches. Bill bluish black ; irides white; the 

 head and upper parts of the plumage fulvous; throat, fore part of 

 of the neck, and breast cinereous ; belly, sides, thighs, and under 

 tail coverts black ; tail blackish fulvous, and half the length of the 

 bird. 



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