Tas. LIV.
CUCULUS HIMALAYANUS.

NS ° e e ° .

Cuc. corpore supra rufo, fusco fasciato ; subtis albo, nigro fasciato, pectore rufo tincto ; remi-

gibus rectricibusque fuscis, wllis externé rufo, interne albo maculatis, his duabus medius rufo
oblique fasciato, ceteris albo, rufo variegato, maculatis.

Longitudo corporis, 11 unc.

Amonc the many new species which formed the collection, we observe with much satisfaction this very elegant
example of the genus Cuculus, which appears to be confined to the wooded range of the mountains. In
colour and the arrangement of its markings it bears no distant resemblance to the immature plumage of our
well-known British Cookoo, which undergoes successive variations till it attains maturity. We are, however,
inclined to believe, notwithstanding this similarity of plumage, that the present bird is fully adult; an opinion
which we think countenanced by the glossiness of the feathers, and the decided character of their markings,
no signs of anything like a progressive change being at all indicated.

The Cuculus Himalayanus is among the smallest of the genus. No information has been received respecting
its habits. We have not ourselves seen any other example of this beautiful bird than the one in the
Museum of the Zoological Society from which the figure was taken.

The general ground colour of the upper parts is rufous, elegantly barred with dark grey; the sides of the
chest rufous; the under parts are white barred with black ; the bill is black ; the tarsi light yellow.

The figure is of the natural size.