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(Cuculus canorus.) 
THE bill is black; the inside of the mouth red; 
eyes yellow ; upper plumage slate-colour ; the breast 
and lower parts white, elegantly barred with blackish- 
brown ; the tail long; the two middle feathers are 
dark, tipped with light; the under ones are not so 
dark, and are marked with alternate spots of white ; 
legs short and yellow. Length, thirteen inches ; 
breadth, twenty-four inches. The female resembles 
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