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PISAN CUCKOW. 

 (Cuculus pisanus.) 



C. cauda cuneiformi, capite cristato, corpore nigro alboque vario 



subtus albo, gula pectore crisso remigibusque rufis. 

 Cuckow with a wedge-shaped tail, crested head, body varied 



with black and white ; beneath white ; throat, breast, quills, 



and vent-feathers rufous. 

 Cuculus pisanus. Gmel. Syst. Nat. 1. 416. — Lath. Ind. Orn. 1. 



211. 14. 



Cuculus ex nigro et albo mixtus. Ger. Orn. 1. 81. 71. 

 Coucou huppe noir et blanc. Buff. Hist. Nat. Ois. 6. 362. 

 Pisan Cuckow. Lath. Syn. 2. 520. 13. 



Rather larger than the common Cuckow: 

 beak greenish brown : head crested, and black : 

 upper parts of the body black and white : throat, 

 breast, and under tail-coverts rufous ; the rest of 

 the under parts white : quill-feathers rufous, tipped 

 with white : tail black with the tip white, much 

 wedge-shaped, and the feathers very long: legs 

 green. 



This is much allied to C. glandarius : a pair 

 were taken near Pisa, in Italy, where they had 

 formed a nest, laid four eggs, and hatched them ; 

 it was not known from whence they made their 

 appearance, as they had never been seen before. 



