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TIPPET CUCKOW. 

 (Cuculus palliolatus.) 



C. corpore virescente suhtus albo; lateribus colli tcenia obliqua 

 nigra. 



Cuckow, with a greenish body ; white beneath ; sides of the 



neck with an oblique black band. 

 Cuculus palliolatus. Lath. Gen. Sup* II. 30. 5. 

 Tippet Cuckow. Lath. Sup. II. 138. 10. 



This bird, which is rare, is about twelve inches 

 in length : irides orange : beak brown, and bent 

 a little at the tip : body above dull green ; beneath 

 white : crown, and as far as the eyes on each side 

 black ; which colour reaches forward on the sides 

 of the neck, and almost meets in the middle, hav- 

 ing the appearance of a tippet: sides of the wings 

 yellowish : thighs with a few rusty spots : quills 

 black : tail very short, the outer margin of the 

 feathers with white spots : legs blueish-white, 

 dotted with black. Inhabits New Holland. 



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