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no bigger than a thrufh ; bill yellow green ; plumage on 
the upper parts rufous, edged with brown ; on the un¬ 
der parts white, edged with brown ; the lower belly, 
and under tail coverts, have a mixture of rufous : wing 
coverts white edged with brown ; quills and fcapulars 
tranfeverfely driated with brown and rufous; tail in¬ 
clined to rufous, eroded with oblique broad bands of 
brown; legs greenidi yellow. Inhabits Bengal, where 
it goes by the name of bouj'allick. 
8. Cuculus maculatus, the Chinefe fpotted cuckoo : 
length foui teen inches; bill black above, and yellow 
beneath ; upper part of the head and neck black, fpot¬ 
ted with white about the eyes ; all the upper parts of 
the body are deep greenidi grey, marked with white, 
and glolfed with gilded brown ; throat and bread regu¬ 
larly variegated with brown and white ; the red of "the 
under parts barred with the fame ; tail barred with the 
fame colours; legs yellow. Inhabits China. 
9. Cuculus pumftatus, the rufous fpotted cuckoo : 
larger than our cuckoo ; bill horn-colour ; under the 
eyes a rufous band; the plumage on the upper parts is 
brown, fpotted with rufous ; beneath rufous, tranfverfe- 
ly marked with blackidi-brown driae ; tail tranfverfeby 
barred with rufous arched bands on each fide the fiiafts; 
all the feathers have rufous ends: the legs grey brown ; 
the female differs in having the rufous fpots on the up¬ 
per parts lefs numerous, and the under parts much 
paler, than in the male. Found in the Ead Indies, and 
in the Philippine iflands. 
10. Cuculus Panayanus, the Panayan cuckoo : two 
thirds bigger than the common cuckoo: bill black; 
irides yellow ; upper parts of the body deep brown, 
fpotted with rufous yellow ; thefe fpots are oblong on 
the head, and round on the neck, back, and wing co¬ 
verts ; but on the quills they are tranfverfe, and yellow- 
ifh, intermixed with black dots; the throat is black, 
fpotted as the back ; bread and belly pale rufous, tranf- 
verfely driped with black; tail croffed with tranfverfe 
bars of black; legs lead colour. Inhabits the ifie of 
Panay. 
11. Cuculus orientalis, the oriental cuckoo : (ize of a 
pigeon: bill grey brown; general colour of the plu¬ 
mage black, gloffed with green, and in fome parts with 
violet, efpeciaily under the tail ; legs grey brown ; claws 
black. Inhabits the Ead Indies. There is a variety of 
this bird with the whole plumage blackilh, gloffed with 
blue ; the fird quill feather is half as fhort again as the 
third, which is the longed of all. It ufually carries the 
tail fpread. Inhabits Mindanao. 
1 2. Cuculus niger, the black cuckoo : fize of a black¬ 
bird ; bill-bright orange; the whole bird is of a black 
colour, gloffed with green and violet ; tail wedge-fhaped ; 
legs reddifn brown. Inhabits Bengal, where it is called 
couked, from its imitating that word. 
13. Cuculus ater, the creded black cuckoo : length 
twelve inches and a half: bill much curved, and black; 
the feathers of the head are an inch in length, forming a 
cred; general colour of the plumage glolfy black, ex¬ 
cept the bafe of the four or five fil'd quills, which are 
white, and form a fpot on the outer edge of the wing; 
tail cuneiform ; the thigh feathers are long, and hang 
over the legs, which are black. Inhabits the Cape of 
Good Hope. 
14. Cuculus melanoleucos, the black and white 
cuckoo: length eleven inches ; bill black ; head creded ; 
upper parts of the body black; the under white; on 
the edge of the wing a fpot of white; tail tipped with 
white ; legs brown. Found on the coad of Coromandel. 
15- Cuculus Pifanus, the Pilau cuckoo: larger than 
our cuckoo : bill greenidi brown ; head black, and orna¬ 
mented with a pendent cred; upper parts of the body 
black and white; throat, bread, and under tail coverts, 
rufous; the red of the under parts white; quills ru¬ 
fous, tipped with white; tail black, with a white tip. 
Found near Pifa, in Italy. 
16 . Cuculus Madagafcarienfis, the Great Madagafcar 
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cuckoo: this is of a large fize : length twenty-one 
inches and a half: bill black; irides orange; upper 
parts of the body deep olive, obfeurely waved with deep 
brown ; throat light olive, tinged with yellow ; bread 
and upper part of the belly fulvous ; lower part, and 
under tail coverts, brown ; thighs adi-colour; tail tip¬ 
ped with white ; legs yellowifh brown. Inhabits Ma¬ 
dagafcar. There is a variety of this fpecies full as big 
as a fowl, and near half an inch longer than the preced¬ 
ing. On the head a naked blueifh fpace, fomewhat fur¬ 
rowed, and encircled with black feathers ; thofe of the 
head and neck foftand filky ; the bafe of the bill bridly; 
infide of the mouth black; tongue black and forked; 
irides reddilh ; thighs, and inddes of the wings, blackilh ; 
legs black. 
17. Cuculus cridatus, the creded Madagafcar cuckoo: 
fize of a jay : bill black ; irides orange ; head and up¬ 
per parts of the body elegant afli-colour, inclining to 
green ; the feathers on the head are long, forming a cred: 
throat and fore part of the neck cinereous ; lower part of 
the neck and bread vinaceous ; belly and fides whitifli, 
with.a tinge of rufous ; under tail coverts rufous white; 
thighs white, marked with, bars of light adi ; quills pale 
green, with a glofs of blue and violet; beneath cinere¬ 
ous ; tail tipped with white ; legs black. Inhabits Ma¬ 
dagafcar, where it is called coua. It frequents the woods 
about Fort Dauphin. 
18. Cuculus Egypfius, the Egyptian cuckoo : length 
fifteen inches : bill black ; irides bright red ; head and 
• hind part of the neck dull green, with a glofs of polifl'— 
ed deel ; upper wing coverts rufous, inclining to green ; 
quills rufous, terminated with diining green; back 
brown, with a tinge of green ; rump, and upper tail co¬ 
verts, brown ; tail cuneated, of a (hining green, with a 
glofs of polilhed deel ; throat, and under parts of the 
body, rufous white; legs hlackifli. This bird is feen 
frequently in the Delta, in Egypt ; where it is called by 
the Arabs, houhou, repeating that word feveral times to¬ 
gether. Locuds are their principal food. They chiefly 
frequent low bullies near running water. There is a va¬ 
riety of this bird, in which the wings only are rufous, 
and all the red of the plumage diining black. There is 
alio another variety, fmaller in fize : irides black ; eye¬ 
lids furnifhed with hairs like eyelaflies ; head, neck, 
bread, and belly, dull green, almod black ; wings red- 
difli brown. 
19. Cuculus Tolu, the T0I011 cuckoo: fomewhat 
larger than a blackbird: bill brown; head, throat, hind 
part of the neck and upper part ot the back, covered 
with longifli, narrow, ftiff, feathers, of a blackilh colour, 
with a rufous white dripe down the fhaft ; thofe on the 
throat, Ere part of the neck, and bread, the fame, with 
a longitudinal dripe on each fide ; lower part of the 
back, rump, belly, fides, thighs, upper and lower tail 
coverts, greenidi black; fcapulars, upper and under 
wing coverts, fine chefnut ; fliafts of them purplifli ; 
quills chefnut, tipped with brown ; tail blackidi green 
above, and black beneath ; legs black; the claw of the 
inner hind toe long and druit, like that of a lark. Inha¬ 
bits Madagafcar, where it is called toloiu 
20. Cuculus Senegalenfis, the Senegal cuckoo : length 
fifteen inches and a quarter : general colour brovvniih, 
inclined to rufous above, beneath dirty white ; upper 
parts of the head and neck blackilh ; cheeks, throat, fore 
part and fides of the neck, dirty white ; rump and upper 
tail coverts brown, with tranfverfe deep brown drise ; the 
under parts from the bread dirty white, with veryoblcure 
tranfverfe driae; quills rufous, with brownidi tips; tail 
black; legs greyilh brown ; hind claws more thanfive lines 
long,draight,like the h.indclaw of alarfc. Inhabits Senegal. 
21. Cuculus Bengalenfis, the Bengal cuckoor fize 
fomewhat larger than a lark: bill dulky ; head, neck, 
back, and wing coverts, ferruginous, marked with (hort- 
lines of white, bounded by black, pointing downwards; 
belly yellowifli brown; the fird and fecond of the prime 
quills plain reddifh brown; the red barred with black 5, 
