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BRAZILIAN CRESTED CUCK0W. 

 \ (Cuculus Guira.) 



C» albo-flavescens cristatus, capite collo tectricibusque alarum Jusco 



Jlavescenteque varus, rectricibus Juscis apice albis. 

 Crested Cuckow, of a whitish yellow colour; head, neck, and 



wing-coverts varied with brown and yellowish; tail-feathers 



brown, with white tips. 

 Cuculus Guira. Gmel. Syst. Nat. 1. 414.- 1 — Lath. Ind, Orn, 1. 



219. 40. 



Cuculus brasiliensis cristatus. Bris. 4. 144. 19. 

 Le Guira cantara. Buff. Hist. Nat. Ois. 6. AOy. 

 Brasilian crested Cuckow. Lath. Syn. 2. 538. 36. 



Length fourteen inches and upwards : beak 

 dirty yellow, an inch in length ; the upper man- 

 dible rather hooked : irides brown : the feathers 

 of the head are bro\fcn in the middle and yellowish 

 on the sides, whereas those on the neck and throat 

 are yellowish down the middle and brown at the 

 sides ; all the rest of the body pale yellowish 

 white : feathers on the crown long, and forming a 

 crest: quills and tail brown, the latter with white 

 tips : legs bright green. 



This bird, which makes a great noise in the 

 woods, is an inhabitant of Brasil. 



v. ix. p. 1. 



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