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KLAAS CUCKOW. 



marked with a few greenish bars : legs grey, co- 

 vered with white feathers as far as the middle of 

 the shins : tail wedge-shaped, above three inches 

 long, and in its natural state spread out like a 

 fan ; it is nearly an inch and a half longer than 

 the wings, which in this species seem longer 

 in proportion than most of the birds of the 

 genus. 



This bird was found near Koks Kraal, inwards 

 from the Cape of Good Hope, by Le Vaillant, 

 who remarks that it is undoubtedly the finest 

 bird of the genus : it was named by him Le 

 Didric, from its continually uttering the sylla- 

 bles di-di-didric very distinctly, in various modu- 

 lations, when perched on the extremities of large 

 trees. 



KLAAS CUCKOW. 

 (Cucul us Klaas.) 



C. viridis $ remigibusjuscis ; gula,jugulo, pectore, ventre, J emo- 



ribus caudaque subtus albis. 

 Green Cuckow, with the quills fuscous; throat, jugulum, breast, 



belly, thighs, and tail beneath white. 

 Le Coucou de Klaas. Le Vail. Ois. d'dfriq. 5. 53.pl. 212. 



mas. 



This species is described by Le Vaillant, who 

 has with great propriety separated it from the 

 gilded Cuckow: the wings are longer, and the 



