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it is therefore of the order Scansores, or Climbers, 
and reference is made to Table XIV., when, as its 
beak is not very large at the base, and not toothed, 
it must he of the Cuneirostral tribe, Table XV. On 
examining its beak, and finding it rather curved, 
with mandible rounded, and nostrils projecting, 
there can be no hesitation in pronouncing it to be a 
Cuculus, or Cuckoo. And so it is : the Golden 
Cuckoo, one of the most splendid ornaments of the 
South African forests, and not uncommon at the 
Cape of Good Hope ; and in such a gorgeous garb, 
little likely to be taken, by an ignorant observer, for 
a bird belonging to the family of the gray and sober 
livery-clad class of Cuckoos, peculiar to our northern 
latitudes. 
