. A general history of birds . utifuljonquil yellow; tail slightly cuneiform, one or two of the exteriorfeathers marked at the tip with a triangular spot of white; the legsare black. The above was in the Leverian Museum, supposed to come fromAfrica. One of these, in Mr. Dents drawings, was seven inches anda half in length ; tail nearly even. 48.—AFRICAN GREEN CUCKOW. LENGTH ten inches. Bill three quarters of an inch, curved,and blackish; general colour of the head, neck, wings, the restof the upper parts, and tail, fine gilded green; the breast, and allbeneath fine jonquil yellow, growing pale
. A general history of birds . utifuljonquil yellow; tail slightly cuneiform, one or two of the exteriorfeathers marked at the tip with a triangular spot of white; the legsare black. The above was in the Leverian Museum, supposed to come fromAfrica. One of these, in Mr. Dents drawings, was seven inches anda half in length ; tail nearly even. 48.—AFRICAN GREEN CUCKOW. LENGTH ten inches. Bill three quarters of an inch, curved,and blackish; general colour of the head, neck, wings, the restof the upper parts, and tail, fine gilded green; the breast, and allbeneath fine jonquil yellow, growing paler towards the vent; tailgreatly cuneiform, the two middle feathers wholly gilded green, andending in a point; the next one inch and a half shorter, with the tipwhite, and rounded; the exterior two inches and a half, barredalternate green and white, four bars in all, with the ends white ; theothers intennediate, with much the same markings; the legs paleash-colo\ir. Inhabits Senegal.—In the collection of Mr. H. Brogden. HBT. ^J^yyru^//^ ( am/// • cucKOW. 299 49—SHINING CUCKOW —Pl. lvi. Cuculus lucidus. Lid. Orn. i. 215. Gen. Zool. ix. p. 126. pl. Cuckow, Gen. Syn. ii. 528. pl. 23. Cooks last Voy. i. 150. SIZE of a small Thrush; length seven inches. Bill bluish;irides hazel; upper part of the body rich gilded green, the underwhite, transversely waved with green gold; under tail coverts almostwhite; quills and tail dusky brown ; the last short, scarcely exceedingthe wings in length ; legs bluish. Inhabits New Zealand, there called Poopo-arowro ; and is a veryscarce species. 50.—SPLENDID CUCKOW. LENGTH six inches and a half Bill black, a little curved;plumage above glossy olive-brown; beneath to the breast brown anddusky white in waves, mixed with streaks on the chin and throat;belly and vent white, barred with glossy pale brown ; greater quillsbrown, fringed with dusky white; tail rounded, the two middlefeathers glossy olive-brown, the others pale ferruginou
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