54° C U C K O W.
Place.
A Variety.
P laces.
brown: back and ramp the fames each feather tipped with a
rufous fpot: on each feather of the throat and neck is a tranf-
verfe brownifh line near the end: the under tail coverts are ru-'
fous : quills grey brown, edged with rufous, and a fpot of the
fame at the tips : tail near fix inches long, much cuneated ; the
outer feathers only half the length of the middle ones ; colour of
it the fame as the quills; fome of the upper coverts reach to near
two-thirds of the length of the tail: the legs are afh-colour:
claws greyilh brown.
Inhabits Cayenne.
Btiffon mentions a variety of this by the name of Rail-lird *.
It is much the fame in fize, but has lefs rufous, being grey in the
place of that colour: the fide tail feathers have white tips : the
throat pale grey: under the body white: the tail a trifle longer
thati in the other. Whether a variety or different fex not
known.
This is common at -Cayenne and Guiana-, and is feen often
perched upon gates and rails, whence its name; and when in this
fituation continually moves its tail. Thefe are not very wild
birds., yet do not form themfelves into troops, although numbers
are often found in the fame diftrift: nor do they frequent the
thick woods like many of the genus.
The firft of thefe I am in polfeffion of, but the Variety I have
never feen. I am clear that my fpecimen totally differs from the
following, both in length and fize, however the defcriptions may
feem to coincide.
Qi/tau da Barritra. LENGTH
C U C K O W.
J~ ENGTH nine inches. Bill near one inch long, bent, and
of a black colour: the head, neck, and upper parts of the
body, are brown, and fomewhat glofly ; every-feather marked with
a pale rufous fpot at the tips : the wings and tail are brown, but
darker than the -reft j and the feathers fpotted at the tips like the
others : the upper tail coverts reach a great way on the tail, which
is cuneiform in fhape : the belly and vent are dirty white : the
legs are pretty long, and of a brown colour.
This, moft likely, inhabits Cayenne, as I faw it among various
other birds from that part.
Cuculus Dotninicus, Lin. Syji, i. p. 170, N® j 3.
Le Coucou de St. Domingue, Brif. orn. iv. p. n o . N° 2.
Le Cendrillard, Buf.oif. vi. p. 413.
3 1 of a Thrufh : length t.en inches and a half. Bill an inch
and a quarter long, grey brown: plumage above grey brown ;
beneath pale afh-colour: quills rufous, tipped and margined with
grey brown: tail cuneated, five inches and a quarter long; the
two middle feathers as the back; the others black, with white
tips; and the outer one white on the outer margin : legs and
claws grey brown."
Inhabits Guiana, St. Domingo, and Louifiana.
Buffon mentions one which was in the collection of M. Mauduit,
of P aw , and was rather bigger. The under parts were wholly
white, and the bill not fo long as that of the other.
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PUNCTATED
C.
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Place.
40.
ST. DOMINGO
C.
D escription.
Places.
A V ar ie t y .
Cuculus