CUCULUS CANORUS. 
COMMON CUCKOW. 
Generic Character. 
Bill curved. 
Tongue fhort. 
Tail compofed of ten flexible feathers* 
Toes two forwards and two backwards. 
Synonyms* 
CucuLUs CANORUs. Ufi, Syft, !• p. 168. !• In^. 
Om. 1. p. 207. 1. 
Common Cuckow. Br. ZooL 1. 82. tai^. 36. Ib,foU 
^o. tak G. G. !• Ar^, ZooL 2. p, 
266. tah.A. Lath. Syn. 2. p, 509. i» 
lb, fupt. p. 98. Mont, Orn. D'lcf, 
Voh 1. Bewick's Bu Birds, Ft, u 
JL H I S fpecies is nearly fifteen inches in length, twenty- 
five in breadth, and it weighs about four ounces and a half» 
Bill ftrong and much curved ; infide of the mouth red ; irides 
and eye-lids yellow ; tail confiding of ten feathers of unequal 
length, of which the outer ones are remarkably fhort, which 
is alfo the cafe with the firfl quill feather ; legs and claw? 
Ihort. The female differs in colour, being more inclined to 
brown, and is alfo nearly an inch fliorter than the mjai^. 
Of 
