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sonnerat's cuckow. 



(Cuculus Soimeratii.) 



C. nigro fasciatus; supra rufo-fuscus subtus albus ; rectricibus 

 nigro maculatis. 



Cuckow, above of a reddish-brown ; beneath white, with black 



fasciae: tail-feathers with black spots. 

 Cuculus Sonneratii. Lath. Ind. Orn. 1. 215. 24. 

 Le petit Coucou des Indes. Son, Voy. Ind. 2. 211. 

 Sonnerat's Cuckow. Lath. Syn. Sup. 102. 48. 



This bird is about the size of a Blackbird, and 

 is thus described by Sonnerat: beak and irides 

 yellow: head, hind-part of the neck, back, and 

 wings red-brown, barred with black streaks: fore- 

 part of the neck, breast, and belly white, with 

 black bars : tail brown, irregularly spotted with 

 black on each side : legs yellow. Is found in 

 India. 



