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LINEATED CUCKOO. 
Cuculus l incat us , 13 WAINS. 
PLATE XVIII. 
Grey ; breast and body beneath white, varied with nar- 
row transverse lines ; exterior tail-feather white, with six 
obliquely transverse bars of black ; slightly confluent in the 
middle ; base of tho bill red. 
We make no doubt that tliis Cuckoo, which appears 
to us a distinct species, has been hitherto confounded 
with that so common in Europe, or has been looked 
upon as merely one of its numerous supposed varie- 
ties. There is, in truth, a strong general resem- 
blance between the two birds, as there always it 
where two or more species immediately follow each 
other ; but the ornithologist, who places them side 
by side, will readily perceive that they should be 
kept separate. 
In size and general cast of colouring the Lineated 
Cuckoo resembles that of Europe : that is to say, 
the upper plumage, as well as the under, as far as 
the breast, is cinereous, the latter parts paler and 
more delicate than the former; but in this the 
greater wing-covers are narrowly tipt with white ; 
the breast, body, and thighs are white crossed by 
