BIRDS. '2G. Cucului. 
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20. CUCULXJS. Bill finooth, a little 
ed : nojlrils lurrounded by a 
rim : tongue arrowed, fhort, pointed: 
jeet formed for climbing. Cuckot>!' 
*CanoTus. Cinereous; beneath whitiflt, tranfvcrfcly fireaked wit!' 
brown ; tail rounded, blackifh, dotted with white. 
. , Common ^ 
2. Body above varied with reddilh. , 
3. Grey-waved ; middle tail-feathers with a double row d 
white dots ; bill, orbits and legs fulphur. 
Inhabits Europe, AJia oxiA AJrica ; 14 inches long; feeds t*’ 
intecls and the larvx of moths; migrates; is beard about th'^ 
niiddle of April, and ceales to ling at the rod of July > !? 
not able to hatch its own eggs, and depofits them in the 
■ of feme other bird, generally the hedge-fparrow, and leav^* 
tlie care of tlie young to fofter-parents ; the eggs are reddilb' 
white thickly fpotted with blackilh-brown. 
Edges of the eyelids, opening of the mouth and palate fafFrof j 
when the whole body is brownilb, the feathers edg^ 
with' white. 
Cafienfis. Greenifli-brown ; beneath white with black lines ; cheeks* 
chin, throat, tail and upper wing-cx)verts rufou®’ 
tail-featliers tipt with white. Cape b’ 
Inhabits the Cape oj- Good Hope ; hardly 12 luches long. 
Bill and legs brown ; irids yellow ; quill-feathers bktkifh. 
Orkntaks, 'fail rounded ; body Hiining black -green ; bill brown. 
Eajiern 
2. Body blueifli-black ; bill black ; 14 inches long. 
3. Tail wedged ; body black ; bill yellow ; 9 inches long- 
Inhabits India ; 16 inches long. 
Legs grey-brown ; claas black, 
Indicus. Tail rounded ; body black ; wings and tip of the 
' T -1 tranfverfe white lines. 
Inhatets 16 inches long; flies in flocks and feeds o''' 
inlects. 
Bill llrongifi), whitilh ; kgs bludfh. 
