THE 
GILDED CUCKOW. 
GENERIC CHARACTER, 
Bill somewhat bending. 
Nostrils bounded by a small rim* 
Tongue short, sagittated. 
Feet scansorial. 
SPECIFIC CHARACTER, ^c. 
Gold-green Cuckow, white beneath ; with the 
head striped and the exterior quill and 
tail-feathers spotted with white. 
Coucou vert dore et blanc. 
Buff. ois. 6. p. 385o 
Coucou verd du Cap de bonne-Esperance. 
Pl.EnL657^ 
Gilded Cuckow. 
LiUth, syn. 
This beautiful bird is about the size of a Lark, and 
is an inhabitant of the lower parts of Africa. In its 
colours it occasicnally varies, exhibiting more or less 
of the golden brilliancy of plumage from which it de- 
rives its name. 
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