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RAIN CUCKOW. 

 (Cuculus pluvialis.J 



C. cauda cuneiformi, corpore cinereo-olivaceo subtus rtifo, collo 

 .inferiore albo, rectricibus lateralibus nigris, extimis latere inte- 

 riore omnibus apice albis. 



Cuckow with a cinereous-olive body, rufous beneath ; inferior 

 part of the neck white ; tail wedge-shaped ; lateral feathers 

 black with white tips, and the exterior one white at the 

 sides. 



Cuculus pluvialis. Gmel. Syst. Nat. 1.411. — Lath. Ind. Orn. I. 

 218. 37. 



Cuculus jamaicensis. Bris. 4. 114. 4. 



Le Coucou dit Vieillard. Buff. Hist. Nat. Ois. 6. 3Q8. 



Rain Cuckow. Lath, Syn. 2. 536. 33. 



This bird is rather less than a Blackbird : length 

 from fifteen to seventeen inches. Beak an inch 

 long: the upper mandible black, the under 

 whitish : top of the head covered with soft downy- 

 feathers of a dark-brown colour: the rest of the 

 upper part of the body, the wings, and two middle 

 tail-feathers cinereous olive : throat and fore part 

 of the neck white, appearing like a downy beard : 

 the breast and the rest of the under parts of the 

 body rufous : all but the two middle tail-feathers 

 black, tipped with white, and the outermost one 

 margined with white : legs of a blueish black. 



This species likewise inhabits Jamaica, and is 

 known by the name of Old Man, or Rain-bird, as 

 well as the last : the former name it most likely has 

 from the colour of its chin. 



