CUPREOUS CUCKOW. 



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colours (as may be discovered by comparing the 

 characters,) are different. The four middle 

 quills of the tail are brilliant green, the outer 

 ones white. Beak and legs black brown, the eyes 

 yellow. 



It is of the same size as the gilded Cuckow, 

 and is found in Senegal, and from Caffraria to 

 the Cape of Good Hope, but it is much more 

 rare. 



CUPREOUS CUCKOW. 

 (Cuculus cupreus.) 



C aureo- cupreus, abdomine Jemoribusque Jlavis. 



Golden copper Cuckow, with the abdomen and thighs yellow. 



Cuculus eupreus. Lath. Gen. Sup. II. 2Q. 1. 



Cupreous Cuckow. Lath. Gen. Sup. II. 134, 2. 



The Cupreous Cuckow is about the size of a 

 Lark, and is most elegant in its form : the beak 

 is black : the head, neck, and upper parts of the 

 body are of a brilliant copper colour, with a gold 

 gloss : the feathers have much the appearance 

 of scales, being greatly rounded : the belly and 

 thighs are of a fine yellow : the tail is rather 

 wedge-shaped, with one or two of the exterior 

 feathers marked with a triangular white spot at 

 the tip : legs black. 



There is a magnificent specimen of this bird in 

 the museum of Mr. Bullock, which differs a little 

 from the above description, as the abdomen and 



v. ix. p. i. 9 



