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WHITE-THROATED CUCKOW. 

 (Cuculus gularis.) 



C. capite, collo, jugulo, pectore, dorsoque griseis ; gula albida ; 



ventre albido transversim nigricante-fasciato ; rectricibus griseis 



medio albo-maculatis. 

 Cuckow with the neck, head, jugulum, and back grey ; throat 



whitish ; belly whitish transversely banded with blackish ; 



tail -quills grey,, with the middle of each feather spotted with 



white. 



Le Coucou vulgair d'Afrique. Le Vail. Ois. d'Afriq. 5. 20. pi. 

 200. mas. pi. 201. junior. 



This species has by most naturalists been con- 

 founded with the common Cuckow; the exact 

 distinctions were first pointed out by Le Vaillant, 

 who has figured the young and old state of both 

 species in his splendid work on the African birds. 

 The specific characters here given will enable the 

 ornithologist to distinguish the two species in the 

 old state from each other : in the younger state the 

 distinctions are even more apparent ; that of the 

 white-throated Cuckow having the ground colour 

 of the whole upper part, together with the throat 

 and neck, reddish; the belly being whitish with 

 blackish transverse bands, whereas the whole of 

 the under side in the common species is whitish 

 transversely banded with blackish. 



