. An illustrated manual of British birds. Birds. CUCULIDyE. 289. THE GREAT SPOTTED CUCKOO. CoccYSTES GLANDARius (Linnseus). An example of this southern species was captured alive in an emaciated condition on the island of Omey, off the coast of Con- nemara, probably in March 1842 ; it was subsequently secured for the Museum of Trinity College, Dublin, where I noticed that it was in immature plumage. Another, shot near Bellingham, Northumber- land, on August 5th 1876, and now in the Newcastle Museum, is a young bird. On October i8th 1896, an immature male was obtained on the Denes near Yarmouth
. An illustrated manual of British birds. Birds. CUCULIDyE. 289. THE GREAT SPOTTED CUCKOO. CoccYSTES GLANDARius (Linnseus). An example of this southern species was captured alive in an emaciated condition on the island of Omey, off the coast of Con- nemara, probably in March 1842 ; it was subsequently secured for the Museum of Trinity College, Dublin, where I noticed that it was in immature plumage. Another, shot near Bellingham, Northumber- land, on August 5th 1876, and now in the Newcastle Museum, is a young bird. On October i8th 1896, an immature male was obtained on the Denes near Yarmouth ; while from the description sent to Mr. R. M. Barrington by Mr. T. King, lightkeeper at the Skellig Rock, CO. Kerry, there can be little doubt that a bird in nearly adult plumage was observed there on April 30th 1897. The Great Spotted Cuckoo has occurred exceptionally in Germany, more frequently in the south of France, and several times in spring in Italy as far north as Liguria; but it is rare in Malta, and unre- corded from Sardinia or Corsica. In Southern Spain I found that it arrived by March 2nd, and it is common throughout the summer in the Peninsula as far north as the vicinity of Madrid, wherever there are woods suited to the habits of the Magpie, in the nests of which. 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 Saunders, Howard, 1835-1907. London, Gurney and Jackson
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