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NOISY CUCKOW. 

 (Cuculus clamosus.) 



C. cceruleo-niger ; remigibus Juscis ; cauda apice alba. 

 Cuckow, entirely of a blue-black; with the quills fuscous, and 



tail white at the point. 

 Cuculus clamosus. Lath. Gen. Sup. I/. 30. 2. 

 Cuculus criard. Le Vaill. Voy. 2. 6. 

 Noisy Cuckow. Lath. Sup. II. 136. 7. 



Le Coucou criard. Le Vaill. Ois. d'Ois. 5. 28. 204. mas. 205. 

 fem. 



According to Le Vaillant, the note of this bird 

 is extremely loud, and consists of various very dis- 

 tinct sounds, which it passes whole hours in re- 

 peating, by which the sportsman is led to the place 

 where it is found, which is generally in woods : it 

 is an inhabitant of the country of Gonaquois, in- 

 wards from the Cape of Good Hope, and is known 

 among the Europeans by the name of Criard, in 

 consequence of its being a very noisy species, and 

 heard at a very great distance : it is entirely of a 

 blueish-black colour, with a black beak ; chesnut 

 eyes j fuscous wing-quills, and yellowish feet: fe- 

 male the same, but brownish beneath. 



