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feather tipped with white, and with a row of triangular-shaped 
white marks on the margins of the inner webs ; primaries and 
secondaries with a patch of white on their inner webs near the 
base; edge of the shoulder white; under surface of the shoulder, 
vent and under tail-coverts rufous ; the remainder of the under¬ 
surface grey, washed with rufous; bill black ; feet olive. 
Total length, 9| inches; bill, 1 ; wing, 6J; tail, 5; tarsi, jj. 
Hab. New South Wales. 
Remark .—Nearly allied to Cuculus cineraceus of Vigors and 
Horsfield. 
Cuculus dumetorum. Cue. capite, uropygio, collogue satu¬ 
rate! cesrulco-griseis; alis, caudd dorsoque metallic!: brun- 
neis ; apicibus remigum leviter albis; pogoniis interioribus 
serie macularum triangularium parvarum ornatis; pectore 
griseo, rufo-tincto. 
Head, neck, and rump, dark slate-grey ; back, wings, and 
tail, bronzy-brown; tail-feathers slightly tipped with white and 
with a row of small triangular-shaped spots on the margins of 
their inner webs ; breast grey, washed with rufous; under sur¬ 
face of the shoulder, flanks, vent, and under tail-coverts deep 
rufous; irides brown. 
Total length, 8J inches ; bill, ^ ; wing, 5; tail, 4| ; tarsi, 
Hab. Port Essington, Australia. 
Remark .—Nearly allied to Cuculus insperatus. 
Spiienceacus gramineus. Sphen. vittd supra oculos albd; 
corpore supemc brunneo; medid plumarum saturate brunneu; 
subtus griseo ; lateribus crissoque cervbiis ; medid parte sin¬ 
gula plumes pectoris lined minima saturate brunned ornatd. 
Stripe over the eye white; all the upper surface brown, the 
centres of the feathers being dark brown; secondaries brownish 
black, margined with buff; tail pale reddish brown, with dark 
brown shafts; under surface grey, passing into buff on the flanks 
and vent; each feather of the breast with a very minute line of 
dark brown down the centre; bill and tarsi fleshy brown. 
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