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SHINING CUCKOW. 

 (Cuculus lucidus.) 



C. Julgidus, cauda subt£quali t corpore supra viridi-aureo, subtus 



albicante viridi aureo Juscoque undulato. 

 Shining Cuckow, with the tail nearly equal; body above of a 



greenish brass, beneath whitish, with green gold and fuscous 



undulations. 



Cuculus lucidus. Gmel. Syst. Nat. 1. 421. — Lath. Ind. Om. I. 

 215. 28. 



Shining Cuckow. Lath. Syn. 2. 528. 24. 23. 



Length the same as C. auratus : beak blueish : 

 irides hazel : upper part of the body green, with a 

 fine, rich, gilded gloss ; the under parts white, 

 transversely undulated with green gold : under 

 tail-coverts nearly white: quills and tail dusky 

 brown ; the latter very short, scarcely exceeding 

 the wings : legs blueish. 



This species has a great affinity to C. auratus, 

 but it has not the white stripes on the head, or 

 blotches on the body peculiar to that bird : it is a 

 native of New Zealand, where it is called Poopo- 

 arowo. 



