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LATHAMIAN COUCAL. 

 (Polophilus Lathami.) 



Polophilus Lathami. Leach. Zool. Mis. 1. 127- 56. 



Lathamian Coucal. Leach. Zool. Mis. 1. 127. 



P. capite, collo, gula, jugulo, pectore, abdomine femoribusque 

 nigris albido-sparsis ; dorso alisque riifescentibus, tectricibus 

 Jasciis obscuris, remigibus macidis distinctis nigris; cauda 

 nigra lineis transversis subinterruptis, albidis. 



Coucal, with the head, neck, throat, breast, belly, and thighs 

 black, sprinkled with whitish ; back and wings reddish, wing- 

 coverts obscurely banded ; wing-quills distinctly spotted with 

 black ; tail black, with narrow, transverse, somewhat inter- 

 rupted, whitish bands. 



The only specimen of this species that has oc- 

 curred is preserved in the British Museum, and is 

 figured and described in the Zoological Miscel- 

 lany. Its native place unknown. 



