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RED-CRESTED CUCKOW. 



the body rufous ; primary quills the same ; se- 

 condaries similar to the wing-coverts : tail blackish, 

 and wedge-shaped : legs ash-colour. 



Found in Senegal, Caffraria, and on the coast of 

 Coromandel, and is about twelve inches and a half 

 in length. 



RED-CRESTED CUCKOW. 

 (Cuculus brasiliensis.) 



C. cauda subcequali, cajpite cristato, corpore rubro y remigibus 

 Jlavescentibus. 



Cuckow with a red body, and red crest on the head, with yel- 

 lowish quills, and the tail nearly even at the end. 



Cuculus brasiliensis. Lin. Syst. Nat. 1. If I. 18. — GmeL Syst* 

 Nat. 1. 4\Q.—Lath. Ind. Orn. 1. 222. 48. 



Cuculus cristatus ruber. Bris. 4. 154. 25. 



Le Couroucoucou. Buff. Hist. Nat. Ois. Q. 298. 



Red-cheeked Cuckow. Lath. Syn. 2. 545. 45. 



This bird is rather less than a Thrush, being 

 scarcely ten inches in length : beak light red, half 

 an inch long, and a little bent : head of a pale red, 

 ornamented with a crest of a darker red, varie- 

 gated with black : upper parts deep red ; lower 

 parts pale red \ with a yellowish tinge on the belly : 

 upper wing- coverts pale red, mixed with yellow 1 

 quills and tail yellow, with a black shade, 



