. Cassell's book of birds . ss gorgeous than her mate. In the young birds the lower parts of thebody are shaded mth yellow, the breast and throat of a metallic green, the feathers on the backedged and the quills spotted with reddish yellow. According to Le Vaillant, the Didrik is numerously met with throughout Southern Africa, whereit inhabits the primitive forests, and frequents the loftiest and most densely foliaged trees. Heuglin,who observed tliis species near the White and Black Nile and in Abyssinia, tells us that it oftenassociates in small parties, and occasionally ventures down upon t
. Cassell's book of birds . ss gorgeous than her mate. In the young birds the lower parts of thebody are shaded mth yellow, the breast and throat of a metallic green, the feathers on the backedged and the quills spotted with reddish yellow. According to Le Vaillant, the Didrik is numerously met with throughout Southern Africa, whereit inhabits the primitive forests, and frequents the loftiest and most densely foliaged trees. Heuglin,who observed tliis species near the White and Black Nile and in Abyssinia, tells us that it oftenassociates in small parties, and occasionally ventures down upon the trees and hedges that surround THE SEARCHERS. 3 the villages, making itself very conspicuous by its loud, flute-like, piping cry and pugnaciouspropensities. The snow-white eggs of the Golden Cuckoo are always deposited in the nest ofanother bird. The GIANT CUCKOOS {Scythrops), a group comprising the largest of all Cuckoos, havederived their name from the formation of their beak, which resembles that of the Toucans, being. THE GIANT CUCKOO, OR CHANNEL-BILL (Scythrops Nova HoUanduT). nearly as long as their head, thick, strong, broad at its base, compressed at its sides, and hooked atthe tip. The tarsi are short, and toes powerful; the wing, in which the third quill is the longest,extends almost to the middle of the comparatively short, rounded tail; the latter is formed of tenfeathers. The plumage somewhat resembles that of the Common Cuckoo in its coloration; thecheek-stripes and region of the eyes are bare. THE GIANT CUCKOO, OR Giant Cuckoo, or Channel-bill {Scythrops Nova Hollandid), the only species widi whichv/e are acquainted, is grey upon the head, throat, and breast; the mantle, wings, and tail are greenishVOL. III.—94 114 cassells book of birds. grey, each feather tipped with blackish brown ; the hinder parts are indistinctly striped with greyishbrown; the tail-feathers deep grey, the four outermost tipped with white, and decorated with a broad,bla
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