318 cuckow. 



76 —RED-CRESTED CUCKOW. 



Cuculus Brasiliensis, Ind. Orn. i. 222. Lin. i. 171. Gm. Lin. i. 419. Gen. Zoo/. 



ix. p. 120. 

 ————— ————— venustissimus pictus, Seba i. 102. t C6. f. 2. 



————— cristatus ruber, Bris. iv. 154. Id. 8vo. ii. p. 84. 



Le Couroucoucou, Buf. vi. p. 298. 

 Red-crested Cuckow, Gen. Syn. ii. 545. 



OF this very doubtful bird we can only give Seba's description : 

 length in his figure about ten inches. Bill stout, not unlike that of 

 some Parrots, and red ; head pale red, with a crest of deeper red, 

 variegated with black ; parts above deep red ; beneath paler, tinged 

 with yellow on the belly ; upper wing coverts pale red, mixed with 

 yellow; quills and tail yellow, with a shade of black. 



Said to inhabit Brazil, but it surely cannot be a Cuckow, from 

 the false disposition of the toes in Seba's figure, being placed three 

 before and one behind ; and in regard to the bill, added to the crest, 

 these rather incline us to believe it related to the Cardinal Grosbeak. 

 BufFon places it at the end of his Curucuis 



77 —BRAZILIAN CRESTED CUCKOW. 



Cuculus Guira, Ind. Orn. \. 219. Gm. Lin. i. 414. Gen. Zool. ix. p. 113. 



————— Brasiliensis cristatus, Bris. iv. 144. Id. 8vo. ii. 81. 



Guira aeangatara, Raii 45. Will. 96. t. 22. Id. Engl. 140. pi. 22. 



Le Peririgua, Voy. d'Azara iv. No. 242. 



Guira cantara, Buf. vi. 407. 



Coua, Tern. Man. Ed. ii. Anal. p. lxxiii. 



Brasilian crested Cuckow, Gen. Syn. ii. 538. 



SIZE of a Magpie ; length fourteen inches and a half. Bill dull 

 yellow, compressed on the sides, an inch long, and deeper than the 



