PLATE XLL 



CUCULUS CANORUS. 

 COMMON CUCKOW. 



PlC5, 



Bill comprefTed, convex. 



GENERIC CHARACTER. 



Bill roundifh and curved a little. Noftrils bounded by a fmall 

 margin. Tongue fhort, pointed. Toes two forward, two backward. 

 Ten feathers in the Tail. 



SPECIFIC CHARACTER, 



Above afh-colour. Beneath white, waved with tranfverfe black 

 lines. Tail cuneated, black, with white fpots. 



Cuculus Canorus. cauda aequali nigricante albo punclata. — 



Linn. Syji. Nat. i. no. 52. I. edit. io. 



.Scop. Ann. I. p. 44. N°48, 



Brun. N° 36. 



Georgi Reife y p. 165. 



Sepp. vog. pi. in p. 117. 



Faun Arag. p. 73. 

 CyCKOW. Raii. Syn. p. 23. 



Will. Orn. p. 97. pi. 10. 77. 



Albin. 1. fl. 8. 



JBr. Z*«/. 1. N«82.^/. 36. 



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