. The birds of South Africa. Birds. CUCULID^ COCCYSTES 193 467. Coccystes glandarius. Great Spotted Cuckoo. Cuculus glandarius, Linn. Syst. Nat. 12th ed. i, p. 169 (1766). Oxylophus glandarius, P. L. Sclater, P. Z. 8. 1866, p. 22 [Cathcart]; Layard's B. S. Afr. p. 251 (1867). Coccystes glandarius, Ourney in Andersson's B. Bamaraland, p. 225 (1872); Sharpe, P. Z. 8. 1873, p. 593; Dresser, B. Bur. v, p. 219, pi. 300 (1874) ; 81iarpe, ed. Laya/rd's B. 8. Afr. pp. 157, 810 (1875-84); Ayres, Ibis, 1879, p. 298 [Potohefstroom]; Butler, Feilden, and Beid, Zool. 1882, p. 207 [Blaauwkrantz river]; Ayre
. The birds of South Africa. Birds. CUCULID^ COCCYSTES 193 467. Coccystes glandarius. Great Spotted Cuckoo. Cuculus glandarius, Linn. Syst. Nat. 12th ed. i, p. 169 (1766). Oxylophus glandarius, P. L. Sclater, P. Z. 8. 1866, p. 22 [Cathcart]; Layard's B. S. Afr. p. 251 (1867). Coccystes glandarius, Ourney in Andersson's B. Bamaraland, p. 225 (1872); Sharpe, P. Z. 8. 1873, p. 593; Dresser, B. Bur. v, p. 219, pi. 300 (1874) ; 81iarpe, ed. Laya/rd's B. 8. Afr. pp. 157, 810 (1875-84); Ayres, Ibis, 1879, p. 298 [Potohefstroom]; Butler, Feilden, and Beid, Zool. 1882, p. 207 [Blaauwkrantz river]; Ayres, This, 1886, p. 291; Symonds, Ibis, 1887, p. 329 [Kroonstad]; Shelley, Oat. B. M. xix, p. 212 (1891); id. B. Afr. i, p. 123 (1896); Marshall, Ibis, 1896, p. 242 [Salisbury] ; Woodward Bros. Natal B. p. 113 (1899); Marshall, Ibis, 1900, p. 251; Ivy, Ibis, 1901, p. 22 [Albany div.]. Description. Adult male.—Crown, which is crested, grey with black shaft lines to the feathers, rest of the upper surface including the wings and tail slaty-brown, the scapulars, secondaries, wing-. Fig. 64.—Coccystes glandarius. xf coverts and tail-quills tipped with white, the latter more strongly towards the outermost; ear-coverts and feathers round the eye grey, like the crown; throat and upper breast pale oohreous- yeUow, this colour extending on to the sides of the neck so as to form a half collar, all the rest of the lower surface white; under wing-coverts tinged with ochreous. Iris brownish-hazel; bill brown, yellow at base of lower mandible ; legs and feet bluish-brown. Length about 14-76; wing 7"75; tail 8-25; culmen I'O; tarsus 1-25. The female is eventually like the male but appears to take longer to assume the adult plumage. The young bird has a com- 13 VOL. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original work
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