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MANGROVE CUCKOW. 

 (Cuculus Seniculus.) 



C. cauda cuneiformi, breviore, corpore cinereo subtus rufescente, 

 gula alba. 



Cuckow with a short wedge-shaped tail, cinereousbody,rufescent 



beneath, throat white. 

 Cuculus minor. GmeL Syst. Nat. 1. 411. 

 Cuculus Seniculus. Lath. Ind. Orn. 1. 219. 38. 

 Petit Vieillard. Buff. Hist. Nat. Ois. 6. 401. 

 Coucou des Paletuviers. Buff. PI. Enl. 813. 

 Mangrove Cuckow. Lath. Syn. 2. 537. 



This bird is about twelve inches in length : beak 

 and upper parts of the body and tail similar to C. 

 pluvialis : irides yellow : chin white : rest beneath 

 pale rufous : legs longer than in the last. 



This is so much like the female of C. pluvialis 

 in colour, &c. that one description would be almost 

 sufficient ; however this is much smaller, and has a 

 shorter tail in proportion : it inhabits Cayenne, and 

 lives on insects ; is particularly fond of the large 

 caterpillars that feed on the mangrove, on which 

 account it frequents those places where there are a 

 great number of those trees. 



