CLCULI— CUCULID/K 105 



CUCULI. 



Contains " CucuHrla2 " and " Musuphagidiu " (the 

 latter Ethiopian). 



CUOULID^. 



Outer toe reversil)le ; primaries lo; tail usually lo feathers. 



CUCULUS. 



No crest; nostrils round; in flight resemble Sparrow 

 Hawk; insectivorous; eggs placed in nests of other birds. 



Cuculus canorus canorus L. Cuckoo. Fr. Coucou ; 

 Gcr. Kuckuck ; lial, Cuculo ; Swed. Gok. 



^ adult. Upper parts, throat, and chest grey, abdomen 

 white with dark bars. Bill dark horn, cutting edges and base 

 below yellow. Legs and feet yellow. Iris yellow. Wing 

 $ 213-230, 9 200-220. Tarsus 20-22. Bill 16-18. 9 ^^ in 

 $ but has also a hepatic phase, chestnut above, yellowish 

 white beneath with black bars. Young: above brown barred 

 rufous and with white tips to feathers ; white patch on nape ; 

 beneath white or buff barred black. 



Breeds. — British Isles ; Continental Euroi)e froni far north, 

 south to Pyrenees, Sicily, Sardinia ; Asia Minor, Caucasus, 

 Urals, and \V. Asia. Migrates ; occurs Canaries, Madeira, 

 N.W. Africa, and Egypt on passage ; winters in S. Arabia 

 and C. and S. Africa. 



" C. c, kleinschmidti '' Schiebel has been described from 

 Corsica as being darker grey above, but does not appear 

 separable. 



G. canorus bangsi Obcrholscr (" C. minor " of authors). Smaller 

 than "canorus." Wing (^ 9 190-217. Bill also smaller. 



lirceds. — Spain, N.W. Africa (Morocco to Tunis). Occurs 

 irregularly Canaries on i)assaj,'e. Its rani^e to cast is still 

 uncertain. 



Clamator. 

 Head crested; nostrils slit-like. 



