320 cuckow. 



with rufous tips, some of them margined with rufous ; neck behin 

 rufous grey, down the shafts deep brown ; back and rump the same, 

 each feather tipped with a rufous spot ; those of the throat and neck 

 have a transverse, brownish line near the end ; under tail coverts 

 rnfous ; quills grey-brown, edged with rufous, and a spot of the 

 same at the tips ; tail greatly cuneiform, the two middle feathers six 

 inches long, the outer only three, colour as the quills ; some of the 

 upper coverts nearly two-thirds of the length ; legs ash-colour. 



Inhabits Cayenne ; is common also about Paraguay, known there 

 by the name of Chochi, from its cry, which it is, day and night, 

 continually repeating, and may be heard a mile off, during the time 

 of incubation, but at other times it is silent. It is a solitary species, 

 and shifts its quarters, but to a little distance. 



A. — Oiseau des Barrieres, Buf. vi. 412. Ind. Orn. i. 220. 44. /3. 

 Spotted Cuckow, Gen. Syn. ii. 540. Variety. 



This is of the same size, but inclining to grey instead of rufous ; 

 throat pale grey ; beneath the body white ; the tail longer in 

 proportion, and the side feathers tipped with white. 



This is common at Cayenne, and Guiana, by the name of Rail 

 Bird, from being often seen perched upon gates and rails, at which 

 time it continually moves the tail ; numbers are often found in the 

 same district, but do not form themselves into troops, nor are the 

 met with in woods. 



79— PUNCTATED CUCKOW. 



Cuculus punctulatus, Ind. Orn.i. 220. Gm. Lin. i. 414. Gen. Zool. ix. p. 98. 

 Le Chiriri, Voy. d'Azaran: No. 269. 

 Punctated Cuckow, Gen. Syn. ii. 541. 



LENGTH nine inches. Bill near one inch long, bent, and 

 black ; irides pale green ; the neck, and upper parts of the body 



