cuckow. 321 



are brown, somewhat glossy; every feather marked with a pale 

 rufous spot at the tip ; wings and tail darker brown, and the feathers 

 spotted at the tips as the others ; the upper tail coverts reach a great 

 way on the tail, which is cuneiform ; belly and vent dirty white ; 

 legs pretty long, and brown ; both sexes nearly alike. 



Inhabits Cayenne, and generally received from thence by 

 collectors ; observed in Paraguay, in summer ; said to lay four eggs, 

 and to hatch them like other birds. One, kept tame, was fed with 

 dressed meat, but did not relish bread, or vegetables. 



80. - SAINT DOMINGO CUCKOW. 



Cuculus Dominicus, Ind. Orn. i. 221. Lin. i. 170. Gm. Lin. i. 416. Bris. iv. 110, 



t.9. f. 2. Id. Svo. ii. 72. Gen. Zool. ix. p. 97. 

 Le Cendrillard, Buf. vi. 413. 



Le Coucou cendre, Voy. d'Azara iv. No. 268. var. ? 

 St. Domingo Cuckow, Gen. Syn. ii. 541. 



LENGTH ten inches and a half. Bill one inch and a quarter, 

 grey brown ; plumage above the same, beneath pale ash-colour; the 

 quills rufous, tipped and margined with grey brown ; tail cuneiform, 

 rive inches and a quarter long, the two middle feathers as the back, 

 the others black, with white tips, and the outer one white on the 

 outer web ; legs grey brown. 



Inhabits Guiana, St. Domingo, and Louisiana. Buffon mentions 

 a slight Variety, rather larger, with a shorter bill, and the under 

 parts wholly white, A small Variety is found also in Paraguay. 



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