CUCULUS XANTHORHYNCHUS. 
Entire length, six inches and one half. Head and upper parts deep brown, 
with a beautiful violet reflection, which in a certain light exhibits a metallic lustre. 
Quill feathers, and four exterior tail feathers on each side, deep blackish-brown. 
Three exterior tail feathers banded with wliite ; the smallest is tipped with white at 
the end, and the bands are nearly equal in breadtli on both vanes ; on the second, 
the bands on the external vanes are broader ; and on the third they are greatly con- 
tracted, and confined to the exterior vane. The breast, abdomen, thighs, and axillae 
are pale ferruginous, and marked with regular transverse bands of deep brown, on 
which a metallic lustre is occasionally perceptible. The plumes of the front and 
crown of the head are capable of being elevated to a very slight crest. 
