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GILDED CUCKOW. 

 (Cuculus auratus.) 



C. catida cuneiformi, corpore supra viridi-aureo subtus alio, ca- 

 pite striis quinque albis, rectricibus duobus extimis latere exte- 

 riori omnibus apice albis. 



Guckow with the body above of a green gold, beneath white ; 

 head with five white striae ; tail wedge-shaped, the two exte- 

 rior feathers with white spots on the outward edge, and all 

 with white tips. 



Cuculus auratus. GmeL Syst. Nat. 1. 421. — Lath. Ind. Orn. 

 1. 215. 27. 



Coucou vert dore et blanc. Buff. Hist. Nat. Ois. 6. 385. 

 Coucou vert du Cap de Bonne Esperance. Buff. PI. Enl. 

 657. 



Gilded Cuckow. Lath. Syn. 2. 527- 23. 



Le Coucou didric. Le Vaill. Ois. d'Afr. 5. 46. 210. mas. 211. 

 fern. 



This most beautiful bird is about seven inches 

 in length : beak eight lines long, and of a greenish 

 brown colour : the upper parts are of a rich, gilded, 

 glossy green ; on the head are five stripes of 

 white ; two above the eyes, like eyebrows, passing 

 behind ; two more, shorter and narrower, beneath 

 the eyes ; and one on the middle of the forehead : 

 nearly all the wing-coverts and the second quills 

 have white tips ; as likewise the tail-feathers and 

 the two greater tail-coverts : the exterior quill and 

 two exterior tail-feathers with small spots of white 

 on the outer edge : throat and under parts white : 

 the sides and feathers which fall over the knees 



