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tail very long, ; outer feathers dufky, with brown tips ; 
the others marked with bars of black and brown ; legs 
black ; the inner hind toe has a long (trait claw like a 
lark. Inhabits Bengal. 
22. Cumulus honoratus, the facred cuckoo : a fize lefs 
than our cuckoo : general colour blackidi a!h on the up¬ 
per parts, marked with two fpotsof white on each feather; 
beneath white, tranfverfely fpotted with afli-colour; 
quills cinereous, tranfverfely fpotted with white ; tail the 
fame colour as the quills ; legs afli-colour. Inhabits 
Malabar, where the natives hold it facred, becaufe it 
feeds-oh noxious reptiles. 
23. Cuculus radiatus, the radiated cuckoo : fize of the 
common cuckoo ; bill black ; irides orange ; throat and 
fides of the head vinaceous ; upper part of the head 
blackifh grey ; back and wings dull brown black ; un¬ 
der part of the quills, neared the body, fpotted with 
white ; tail black, barred, and tipped with white ; bread 
and belly light yellow, radiated with black; legs red- 
difli. Inhabits the Ifle of Panay, one of the Philippine 
Iflapds. 
2-|-. Cuculus flavus, the yellow cuckoo: fize of a 
blackbird; bill pale yellow, the tip black ; upper part 
of the head and throat light grey ; irides yellow ; hind 
part of the neck, back, and wings, yellowiih umber- 
colour ; belly, thighs, and under tail coverts, pale yel¬ 
low, with a tinge of rufous ; tail black, barred with 
white ; legs pale yellow. Inhabits the Kle of Panay. 
25. Cuculus auratus, the gilded cuckoo : fize of a 
fmall thrufh : bill greenifli brown; the upper parts, 
from head to tail, are of a rich, gilded, gloflv green : on 
the head are five flripes of white ; mod of the wing co¬ 
verts, and the fecond quills, are tipped with white, as 
are the tail feathers, and the two greater tail coverts ; 
throat and under parts white.; the fides, and feathers 
which fall over the knees, marked with greenifli bars ; 
legs grey ; the tail in its natural date fpreads out like a 
fan. It inhabits the Cape of Good Hope, and is a beau¬ 
tiful bird. 
26. Cuculus lucidus, the Alining cuckoo : fize of a 
lark; bill blueifli ; irides hazel; upper part of the body 
green, with a rich gilded glofs; the under parts white, 
tranfverfely waved with green and gold ; the under tail 
coverts almod white ; quills and tail dufky-brown ; legs 
blueifli. This inhabits New Zealand, where it is called 
poepo-arowro. 
27. Cuculus Paradifeus, the Paradife cuckoo : fize of 
a jay : bill blackifh ; irides fine blue ; colour of the 
whole bird dull green ; head furniflied with a fmall crefi; 
the outmofi tail feather, on each fide,' longer than the 
other by five inches and three quarters, and webbed only 
at the ends for about three inches ; legs and claws grey. 
Inhabits Siam. 
28. Cuculus Coromandus, the Coromandel cuckoo : 
fize of the miflel-thrufli: bill a little bent; and of an 
afli-colour; irides yellotviiK; headcrefted; that, and the 
upper part of the body, are blackilh ; on each fide of 
the head, behind the eye, is a fmall, round, grey fpot ; 
the upper part of the neck is furrounded with a white 
collar, a quarter of an inch in breadth ; the throat and 
thighs are blackifli ; fore part of the neck, bread, belly, 
and under tail coverts, white ; fcapulars and wing co¬ 
verts are blackifli in the middle, edged with rufous; but 
the greater coverts, farthed from the body, rufous; 
prime quills the fame ; but the (econdaries are blackifli, 
edged with rufous ; tail blackifh; legs afli-colour. In¬ 
habits the coafl of Coromandel. 
29. Cuculus cornutus, the horned cuckoo : fize of a 
thrufh ; bill a little bent, and of a greenifli yellow ; 
irides fanguineous ; the head, and all the parts above, 
are the colour of loot ; on the head the feathers are 
long, forming a double crefl, refembling horns, which it 
can eretft at will ; parts beneath cinereous ; quills and 
tail foot-colour; the lad tipped with white ; legs and 
claws adi-colour, covered with feathers half way. Inha¬ 
bits Bralil. 
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30. Cuculus Sinenfis, the Chinefe cuckoo : fize of a 
blackbird : bill red ; the upper mandible belet with pro¬ 
jecting bridles; irides red ; the top of the head white, 
marked with blue fpots ; the red of the head and the 
throat blackidi; on each fide of the head, behind the 
eye, is a round white fpot : hind part of the neck, back, 
fcapulars, and upper tail coverts, fine blue ; greater 
wing coverts, farthed from the body, white; rump 
pale blue ; upper tail coverts the fame colour as the 
back, with a white fpot near the end ; parts beneath 
fnow white ; quills half pale and half deep blue ; tail 
feathers deep blue, with a roundidv white fpot near the 
end of each ; the two middle feathers exceed the next 
in length, 1 y three inches and a quarter; legs and claws 
red. Inhabits China. Neither Linnaeus, Brifibn, nor 
Buffon, appear to have feen this bird, but are indebted 
to the pencil of M. Poivre for it. 
31. Cuculus caeruleus, the blue cuckoo : fize of the 
common cuckoo : bill black; the plumage is wholly of 
a fine blue colour, but the quills are glolfed wfith green 
and violet, in different lights ; tail of a very fine blue, 
gloded with violet ; legs and claws black. Native of 
Madagafcar. 
32. Cuculus Afer, the African cuckoo : fize of a large 
pigeon : bill blackifii ; head, throat, and neck, cinere¬ 
ous ; crown of the head blackilh, gloded with green and 
gold ; from the bill to the eye, on each fide, is a (lender 
black line ; the back, rump, fcapulars, and upper wing 
and tail coverts, green, glolfed with gold ; bread, belly, 
fides, thighs, under wing and tail coverts, bright grey; 
greater quills blackifli ; letter dull green, with a due 
green and copper glofs; the tail compofed of twelve 
feathers of equal lengths, above copper and green-gold, 
beneath black ; legs reddilh. There is a variety of this 
bird of a brown colour; head, throat, and hind part of 
the neck, tranfverfely firiped with rufous ; b.»ck and 
rump brown; upper tail coverts, fore part of the neck, 
bread, belly, fides, and under tail -coverts, rufous, with 
a blackidi fpot, near the end of every feather ; thighs 
and under wing coverts plain; lelfer wing coverts and 
tail, brown, tipped with rufous. Both hefe inhabit 
Madagafcar, where the male is called vourougdriou, and 
the female cromb. They differ fo much, as to be taken 
by the natives for didindt fpecies. 
33. Cuculus indicator, the indicating or honey cuckoo: 
length feven inches : bill brown towards the bafe ; at the 
tip lu eous; the bafe befet with bridles ; irides ferrugi¬ 
nous grey ; eyelids black ; top of the head grey ; chin, 
throat, and biead, dirty white, with a tinge of green; 
back and rump ferruginous grey ; belly and vent white ; 
thighs white, with a longitudinal ftreak of black on each 
feather; upper wing coverts grey-brown, fome of them 
tipped with yellow, forming a yellow fpot on the flioul- 
ders, which is, for the mod part, covered by the fcapu¬ 
lars ; quills above brown; beneath grey-brown ; badard 
wing grey-brown ; tail rudy-brown, compofed of twelve 
feathers. The manners of this bird are lingular: it is 
fuppofed to feed principally on honey ; and is of ufe, by 
its wonderful inftindt, for finding out the places where 
the wild bees hoard it up ; which it difeovers to the 
Hottentots and Dutch in the following manner : the 
morning and evening are the times of feeding ; and it 
has a dirill note, which the honey-hunters carefully at¬ 
tend to, and anfwer, till they have the bird in fight, on 
which it dies to the fpot where the bees have placed 
their dore ; after taking of which, they leave their 
guide a portion for his pains. Dr. Sparrrrian, who fur- 
nidied this account, alfures us, that he has feveral times 
been at the taking wild bees’ neds in this manner. It 
diould feem, that this bird is held in great veneration 
by the Hottentots ; as lie adds, that his killing them was 
attended with the greated indignation of thofe people. 
This curious bird is an inhabitant of the interior parts of 
Africa. Its ned, which was (hewn to Dr. Sparrman, was 
compofed of (lender filaments of bark, woven together 
in the form of a bottle ; the neck and opening hung 
downwards. 
