6. CTJCULTis. 247 



i^- Ef/fjs, ii. p. 379 (1890): Seeh. Birds Japan. Emu. p. 1G9 



(1890). 

 Le Coiicou, Montbeill. Hist. Nat. Ois. vi. p. 30/) (1779) ; Danhent. 



iY.J?w7. vi.pl. 811. 

 Coucou du Cap de ]5onne Esp^rance, Month. PI. Enl. vi. pi. 390. 

 Cuculus capensis, P. L. S. Mull. Si/st. Nat. Suppl. p. 90 (1776) ; Gtn. 



Si/st. Nat. i. p. 410 (1788) ; Steph. Gen. Z. ix. p. 80 (ISlo); Cah. 



Sj- Heine, Mus. Heiu. iv. p. 42 (pt., 1802) ; Cass. Proc. Philad. Ac. 



1804, p. 243. 

 Cuculus liepaticus, Sparnn. Mus. Carls, iii. p. 00 (1789) ; Lath. Ltd. 



Orn. i. p. 215 (1790) ; Sunder. Krit. om Sparr7n. p. 10 (1857). 

 Cuculus rufus, LecJist. Nat. Hist. Deutschl. ii. p. 1142 (1792): id. 



Orn. Taschenh. i. p. 84 (1802). 

 Cuculus ti'istis, Hermann, Ohserr. Zool. p. 131 (1804). 

 Coucou vulgaire d'Europe, Levaill. Ois. d'Afr. v. p. 26, pis. 202, 203 



(1806). . I > 



Cuculus borealis, Pall. Zoogr. Rosso-As. i. p. 442 (1811). 

 Cuculus cinereus {nee VieilL), Brehn, Vd(/. Deutschl. p. 153 (1831). 

 ? Cuculus tenuirostris, 8. Mull. T'erh. Nat. Gesch. Land- en Vulk. 



p. 235, note (1839-44) ; Ep. Consp. Av. i. p. 103 (1850) ; Cab. Sf 



Heine, Mus. Hein. iv. p. 39 (1862). 

 Cuculus loupipennis, Brehm, Natanannia, 1855, p. 271. 

 Cuculus striatus {nee Drap.), Swinh. Ibis, 1861, p. 259. 

 Cuculus telephonus, Heine, J.f. 0. 1863, p. 352. 

 Cuculus libanoticus, Tristr. P. Z. 8. 1864, p. 4.32. 

 Cuculus canorus telephonus, Stejn. Btdl. U.S. Nat. Mus. no. 29, 



p. 224 (1885) ; Taczanowski, P. Z. 8. 1887, p. 607, 1888, p. 466. 

 Cuculus canorus borealis, Stejn. Bull. U.S. Nat. Mus. no. 29, p. 225 



(1885). 

 Cuculus peninsula, Stejn. t. c. p. 227. 



Adult male. General colour above leaden grey, slightlj' shaded 

 with olive on the mantle and wings ; quills dark brown, more or 

 less notched with white on the inner webs ; lateral upper tail- 

 coverts narrowly edged and partially barred with white ; tail slaty 

 black, with white ends to all the feathers and with about seven 

 double white spots along their shafts and white notches on their 

 inner webs, never forming bars across the feathers ; sides of the 

 head and neck, chin and throat grey, slightly paler than the 

 crown ; remainder of the underparts white, shaded with buff 

 on the abdomen and under tail-coverts, and very regularly barred 

 with dusky black ; axillaries and under wing-coverts barred like 

 the breast, with a portion near the bend of the wing and most of 

 the greater series leaden grey : quills beneath dusky brown, with 

 white bars on their inner webs, broadest and most strongly marked 

 towards the base of the feathers ; bill black, yellowish at the base 

 and edges ; iris and legs yellow. Total length 14 inches, culmen 

 0-9, wing S-9, tail 7, tarsus 0-8. 



Adult female. Differs only in plumage from the male in having 

 the base of the throat shaded with rufous. Total length 12-0 

 inches, culmen 0-85, wing 8-3, tail G-8, tarsus 0-75. 



NestUne/. General plumage above dark brown, partially barred 

 with rufous, with a narrow white terminal margin to each of the 

 feathers, broadest on the wings and tail ; crown and nape much 



