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WHITE-BELLIED COUCAL. 

 (Polophilus leucogaster.) 



P. capite, collo, gula 9 jugulo pectoreqve nigris, scapis albido nota- 

 tis, pennis nigro rufoque alternatim fasciatis ; ventre albido; 

 dorso Jlavo, albido nigroque alternatim Jasciato ; Jemoribus 

 luteis ; cauda nigra transversim albido lineata. 



Coucal, with the head, neck, throat, and breast black, the 

 shafts spotted with whitish, the feathers alternately banded 

 with black and rufous ; belly whitish ; back yellow, alter- 

 nately^ banded with black and white ; thighs luteous ; tail 

 blaclr, with transverse white lines. 



Polophilus leucogaster. Leach, Zool. Mis. I. 11/. 52. 



White-bellied Coucal. Leach. Zool. Mis. l. 117. 



Inhabits New Holland, and is of the same size 

 as P. variegatus, which it very much resembles. 



v. ix. p. 1. 



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