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SHUFELDT — OSTEOLOGY OF THE CUCKOOS. 



[Jan. 4 , 



or Tourocos of Africa. It was Huxley's opinion, Fiirbringer 

 thinks so, and Garrod thought so, but we cannot follow the latter 

 in placing the Cuculidce. and Musophagidce together in with the 

 Gallinaceous birds ! 



During the time I have been engaged upon the present memoir, 

 A r ols. i and ii of Sharpe's very valuable Hand-List of Birds has been 

 presented to me by the trustees of the British Museum, and in the 

 second volume of that work I find the author inserts the Cuckoos 

 in the system in the following manner : x The Order Coccyges 

 (xxxi) is placed between the Order Trogones (xxx) and the Order 

 Scansores (xxxii), and is primarily divided into two sub-orders, 

 namely Sub-Order I, Musophagi, and Sub-Order II, Cuculi. 



The Musophagi is made to contain the family Musophagidce, and 

 this latter includes the genera Turacus (23 species); Gallirex (2 

 species); Musophaga (2 species); Corythceola (1 species); Schizor- 

 his (5 species) ; and Gymnoschizorhis (2 species). The second sub- 

 order or the Cuculi is made to contain but the single family the 

 Cuculidce, and this is divided into six (6) sub-families thus: 



Sub-Families. 



Genera. 



No. of Species. 



I. CUCULIN^. 



Coccystes 9 species. 



Pachycoccyx 2 " 



Calliechthrus I " 



Surniculus 3 " 



Hierrococcyx 7 " 



Cuculus 11 " 



Penthoceryx 1 " 



Cercococcyx I " 



Cacomantis 13 " 



Mesocalius 1 " 



Metallococcyx 1 " 



Chrysococcyx 3 " 



Chalcococcyx 15 " 



Heterococcyx 1 " 



Coccyzus 13 " 



Urodynamis 1 " 



Eudynamis 7 " 



Microdynamis 1 " 



Rhamphomantis I " 



Scythrops I " 



1 R. Bowdler Sharpe, LL.D. : A Hand-List of the Genera and Species of 

 Birds. [ Nomenclator Avium turn fossilium turn vi ventium. ] Vols, i , ii. London, 

 1900. 



