cuckow. 329 



mustachoe ; all the under parts of the body, from the chin, olive 

 grey, with a greenish tinge ; belly dirty white ; tail the same as in 

 the Greater Species ; legs yellow brown. 



The female differs, in having the upper parts more inclining 

 to brown. 



Inhabits the Mimosa Forests of Swarte Kop, Sondag, and to 

 Camdeboo ; also from the River of Elephants, to the borders of the 

 Great River ; it lays four white eggs, in the hole of a tree ; the 

 colonists of the Cape call it Heuning Voogel, or Heuning Wyser, 

 Honey Bird, or Honey Shewer ; its note like the words Ket-ket-ket- 

 ket-ket-kye-ket-kye-kye-ket. 



M. Levaillant mentions also another of the kind, which was 

 brought to him in a state of decay ; size between the Greater and 

 Smaller Species ; top of the head and the back, also the wings and 

 rump, brown; throat light rufous; under parts of the body rufous 

 white ; bill and legs brown. 



* * WITH THREE TOES. 



86— ABYSSINIAN CUCKOW. 



Cuculus Abyssinicus, Ind. Orn. Sup. xxxi. 



Bee Cuckow, Moroc, Bruce's Trav. App. t. p. 178. 



Abyssinian Cuckow, Gen. Syn. Sup. ii. 139. 



LENGTH seven inches. Bill pointed, a little bent, and black ; 

 tongue sharp, and capable of being drawn to almost half its length 

 out of the mouth ; inside of the mouth, and throat yellow ; irides 

 dusky red ; at the base of the beak, a number of very small hairs ; 

 the head and neck are brown ; general colour of the plumage the 



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