. The birds of South Africa. Birds -- South Africa. CUCULID^ COCCYSTES 193 467. Coccystes glandarius. Great Spotted Cuckoo. Cuculus glandarius, Linn. Syst. Nat. 12th ed. i, p. 169 (1766). Oxylophus glandarius, P. L. Sclatcr, P. Z. 8. 1866, p. 22 [Cathcart]; Layard's B. S. Afr. p. 251 (1867). Coccystes glandarius, Gurney in Andersson's B. Damaraland, p. 225 (1872) ; Sharjye, P. Z. S. 1873, p. 593; Dresser, B. Eur. v, p. 219, pi. 300 (1874) ; Sharpe, ed. Layard's B. S. Afr. pp. 157, 810 (1875-84); Ayres, Ihis, 1879, p. 298 [Potcliefstroom]; Butler, Feilden, and Beid, Zool. 1882, p. 207 [Blaanwkr
. The birds of South Africa. Birds -- South Africa. CUCULID^ COCCYSTES 193 467. Coccystes glandarius. Great Spotted Cuckoo. Cuculus glandarius, Linn. Syst. Nat. 12th ed. i, p. 169 (1766). Oxylophus glandarius, P. L. Sclatcr, P. Z. 8. 1866, p. 22 [Cathcart]; Layard's B. S. Afr. p. 251 (1867). Coccystes glandarius, Gurney in Andersson's B. Damaraland, p. 225 (1872) ; Sharjye, P. Z. S. 1873, p. 593; Dresser, B. Eur. v, p. 219, pi. 300 (1874) ; Sharpe, ed. Layard's B. S. Afr. pp. 157, 810 (1875-84); Ayres, Ihis, 1879, p. 298 [Potcliefstroom]; Butler, Feilden, and Beid, Zool. 1882, p. 207 [Blaanwkrantz river]; Ayres, Ibis, 1886, p. 291; Symonds, Ibis, 1887, p. 329 [Kroonstad]; Shelley, Cat. B. M. xix, p. 212 (1891); id. B. Afr. i, p. 123 (1896) ; Marshall, Ibis, 1896, p. 242 [Salisbury]; Woodward Bros. Natal B. p. 113 (1899) ; Marshall, Ibis, 1900, p. 251 ; Ivy, Ibis, 1901, p. 22 [Albany div.]. Description. Adult male.—Crown, which is crested, grey with black shaft lines to the feathers, rest of the upper surface including the wings and tail slaty-brown, the scapulars, secondaries, wing-. FiG. Gi.—Coccystes glandarius. X i. coverts and tail-quills tipped with white, the latter more strongly towards the outermost; ear-coverts and feathers round the eye grey, Hke the crown ; throat and upper breast pale ochreous- yellow, this colour extending on to the sides of the neck so as to form a half collar, all the rest of the lower surface white ; under wing-coverts tinged with ochreous. Iris brownish-hazel; bill brown, yellow at base of lower mandible ; legs and feet bluish-brown. Length about 14-75; wing 7-75; tail 8-25; cuhnen 1-0; tarsus 1-25. The female is eventually hke the male but appears to take longer to assume the adult plumage. The young bird has a com- 13 VOL. 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
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