240 CUCULID.i). 



obscured, and a dusky subtermiual patch to all the quills ; beneath 

 buff, with fewer and more irregular dark bars. Total length ly-5 

 inches, wing 7"9. 



The two tj'pe specimens which I have described have been well 

 figured by Lord Tweeddale, but the artist does not appear to have 

 noticed that the two centre tail-feathers of the young bird are 

 missing, so that his figure conveys a wrong impression, 



Hab. Confined to Celebes. 



a. Ad. ; b. Juv. sk. Celebes. Tweeddale Coll. 



(Types of species.) 

 c. Ad. sk. Celebes. Seebohm Coll. 



6. CUCULUS. ^ I 



Type. j 



Cueulus, Lifui. Si/st. Kaf.- i. p. 108 (1766) C. canorus. ] 



Nicoclarius, Bp. Co>i»p. Vol. Zygod. p. 6 (1854) C. intermedins. ; 



Penthoceryx, Cah. Mus. Hein. iv. p. 16 (1862) C. sounerati. ; 



Heteroscenes, Cab. Mus. Hein. iv. p. 26 (1862) C. pallidus. ' 



Range. The whole of the Old World excepting Polynesia. j 



Key to the Species. I 



a. Upper parts not nifous ; under surface of quills \ 



barred with wliite. I 



«'. Breast whitish, barred with black. ] 



a" . Back and wings brown ; head and throat 



greyish, contrasting with mantle and j 



back; a very distinct broad subterminal ; 



black band to the tail. The young have ^ 



broad buff or white ends to many of the ! 



feathers of the upper parts micropterus, p. 241. 



h" . Crown uniform grey, like the back. 



a". Basal half of bill yellow, the nostrils 

 being placed in the yellow portion : 

 with a rather well-marked black sub- 

 terminal bar to the tail, and with some 

 irregular white bands entirely crossing 



the outer tail-feathers (jiihiris, p. 244. 



b"'. With less yellow on the bill, the 



nostrils being always placed iu the 



black portion of the base. 



a*. Upper parts, sides of head, throat, 



and front of chest grey. 



a*. Larger : wing 8 to 9 inches ; bars 



on breast more dusky. Young 



with a white patch on the fore 



part of the crown and another on 



the nape canorus, p. 245. 



b'. Smaller : wing not more than 7'8 

 inches in length ; bars on breast 

 jet-black, broader and more com- 

 plete transversely. Young with 



