. Companion to Gould's Handbook; or, Synopsis of the birds of Australia. Containing nearly one-third of the whole, or about 220 examples, for the most part from the original drawings . al spot of white across the tip of the inner web—the two next on each side, bronzy green on their outer webs, theii inner webs rufous withlarge spots of black near the shaft, most conspicuous on the outermost of the two feathers, their inner webs are also crossed near the tip witha very broad band of blaclv, and have an oval spot of white at the tip—ihe outer feather on each side is barred alternately on the out
. Companion to Gould's Handbook; or, Synopsis of the birds of Australia. Containing nearly one-third of the whole, or about 220 examples, for the most part from the original drawings . al spot of white across the tip of the inner web—the two next on each side, bronzy green on their outer webs, theii inner webs rufous withlarge spots of black near the shaft, most conspicuous on the outermost of the two feathers, their inner webs are also crossed near the tip witha very broad band of blaclv, and have an oval spot of white at the tip—ihe outer feather on each side is barred alternately on the outer webwith dull bronzy green and dull white, and on the inner one with broad decided bars of black and white and tipped with white ; bill, black ;feet, olive. Length, 5| inches ; wing, 3i ; tail, 2\ ; bill, |; tarsus, \. The above description is by Mr. aould, and is taken from a single specimen figured in the supplement of his great received it from Port Essington, and remarks, that though so small it has a bill as stout as some of the larger birds; in this respectmaterially diftering from C. Basalis, to which q^eeics it is in other respects most closely allied. Htp. SCYTHROPS NO\//E HOLLAND//E Channef 8/7/ Cuckoo SCYTHEOPS NOV^ (Qhannel-hilled CucJcoo.) Head, neck, and breast, grey ; upper surface and wings, dark grey, each feather tipped with blackish brown; primaries, black; tail, grey formore than two-thirds of its length from the base, followed by a broad band of black, and largely tipped with white ; under surface andabdomen, whitish grey, crossed by bars of delicate grey ; ventral and under tail coverts, whitish, barred with black ; under surface of tail,strongly barred with black, which extends nearly across the inner webs only; naked skin round the eyes and nostrils, scarlet; feet, darklead color; bill, horn color, whitish at the edges. Length, 2^ inches; wing, 13 ; tail, 11 ; bill, 2|; tarsus, If ; largest toe and claw, 2i. This singular cuckoo
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