266 CUCTJLID^. 



i*. Breast darker, partially washed with 



rufous ; under tail-coverts rufous . . insperatus, p. 273. 

 (T". Upper parts deep slaty blue ; breast 

 and under tail-coverts chestnut, 

 c'. Smaller : wing about 4-0. _ 



«'. Upper parts glossed with green ; 

 chin and upper throat pale grey ; 



breast duller rufous virfscens, p. 274. 



6'. Upper parts deep blue-gi-ey, barely 

 glossed with gi-een on the wings 

 only; grey confined to chin : 



breast brighter rufous caxfaneiventris, p. 274. 



f/'. Larger : wing not less than 5 inches. 



c'. Bill longer and narrower bronzinus, p. 275. 



(P. Bill shorter and broader ^hnux, p. 276. 



h'. "With no shade of rufous on breast or under 

 tail-coverts. 



c". General plumage black infuscatm, p. 276. 



d". General plumage grey ; under tail- 

 coverts white .' passerinus, p. 277. 



b. With bars on the breast. [ Younff.'] 



(■' . Upper parts uniform black infuscatus juv., p. 276. 



(V. Crown, rump, and tail nearly uniform 



rufous ." passerinus juv., p. 277. 



,.,,,, . . 1 1. J \ Young of remaininar 



e. All the upper ijarts strongly barred species. 



1. Cacomantis flabelliformis. 



Fan-tailed Cuckow, Lath. Snppl. ii. p. 138. pi. 126. 



Cuculus flabelliformis, Lath. Ind. Orn. Sitppl. ii. p. 30 (1801) ; 



fift'ph. Gen. Zool. ix. p. 96 (181")); Vici/l. JV. D. viil p. 233 



(1817); id. Enc. MM. p. 133-5 (1823); Grm/, Gen. B. ii. p. 463 



(1847) ; Schl. Mus. Pays-Bas, Cuculi. p. 26 (1864) : Grai/, Hand-L 



B. ii. p. 217, no. 9020 (18(;9). 

 Cuculus rufulus, Vieill. N. D. viii. p. 2-34 (1817); id. Enc. Mith. 



p. 133o (1823) ; Gmi/, Gen. B. ii. p. 4(« (1847) ; Piichcr. Rev. et 



Mar/. Zool. 18o2, p. -jISO ; Harfl. J. f. O. l8.")o, p. 422. 

 Cuculus pvrrhophanus, J'ieill. N. D. viii. p. 2-34 (1817); id. Enc. 



Meth. p' 1335 (1823) ; Pucher. Rev. et Mar/. Zool. l8-r2, p. .'560 ; 



Hartl.J.f. O. 18-5.5, p. 421. 

 (i'uculus prionulus, " 111.^ Licht. Verz. Dovhl. p. 9 (1821). 

 Cuculus cineraceus, Tig. S,- Horsf. Tr. Linn. Soc. xv. p. 298 (1826) ; 



Jard. S( Selbij, III. Orn. v. p. 67 (c. 1836) ; Blyth, J. A. S. Bent/. 



1843, p. 242; Strickl. J. A. S. Benr/. 1844, p. 391, note; Gonl'd, 



B. Aiistr. iv. p. 86 (1848) ; Rc/ib. Viig. NeuhoU. ii. p. 113 : Rosenh. 



Reis naar Zuidoostereil. p. 49 (1867). 

 Cuculus incertus, Vig. ^- Horsf. Tr. Linn. Soc. xv. p. 299 (1826) ; 



Gray, Gen. B. ii. p. 463 (1847). 

 Cuculus flavus, pt.. Less. Traite, p. 152 (1831) ; Pucher. Rev. et 



Mag. Zool. 18-53, p. 69 ; Uartl. J.f. 0. 1855, p. 422. 

 Cuculus cinerascens. Gray, Gen. B. ii. p. 463 (1847). 

 Cuculus pyrrhophanes, Gray, I. c. p. 463. 

 Cacomantis flabelliformis, Bp. Consp. i. p. 104 (18-50); id. Consp. 



Vol. Zip/od. p. 6 (1854) : Cah. i^- Heine, Mus. Hein. iv. p. 24 



(18()2)V Gould, Handb. B. Aiistr. i. p. 618 (186-5) ; Walden, Tr. 



Z. S. viii. p. 54 (1872); Ravisat/, P. Z. >S. 1875. p. ()00: Forbes, 



