364 MANUAL OF PHILIPPINE BIRDS. 



Suborder CUCULI. 

 Family CUCULID^. 

 Characters same as those given for the Order. 



Subfamilies. 



o\ Wing longer and flatter, less curved to the body; distance from tip of wing to 



tip of secondaries greater than culnien or tarsus Cuculinae (p. 364) 



a". Wing shorter, more rounded and curved to the body; distance from tip of wing 

 to tip of secondaries less than either culmen or tarsus. 



¥. Hind claw long and straight, lark-like Centropodinae (p. .'^80) 



b-. Hind claw short and curved Phoenicophainae (p. H87) 



Suhfainily CUCULI N.^. 



Genera.^ 



a\ With a long crest ; tarsus almost naked Clamator (p. :;64) 



a". Without a crest ; tarsus more or less feathered at base. 



b\ Secondaries shorter, in closed wing, scarcely exceeding half the length of 



primaries Cuculus (p. :?70) 



1-. Secondaries longer, in closed wing, equaling two-thirds the length of primaries 

 or more, 

 c^ Plumage never entirely black; bill at nostril wider than deep, or at least 

 not deeper than wide. 

 d^. Larger, length 300 mm. or more; pliuuage banded or barred, hawk-like 



in both sexes Hierococcyx (p. 368) 



d^. Smaller, length 250 mm. or less. 



e^. Tail slightly forked, outer feather short; plumage black with a white 



bar on inner webs of primaries Surniculus (p. 365) 



e'. Tail rounded; plumage never black. 



f. Larger; tail, about 120 mm.; plumage rather dull, never metallic 

 bronze nor violet. 

 <7^ Young and adult differently colored; bill compressed; tail-feathers 



of the same length throughout Cacomantis (p. 374) 



g". Young and adult similar; bill stotit, not compressed; tail-feathers 



narrower near their tips Penthoceryx (p. 373) 



/-'. Smaller; tail, about 75 mm.; plumage bright metallic bronze or 

 violet; abdomen strongly barred with white. 



Chalcococcyx (p. 375) 



c'-. Plumage entirely black in the male, barred in the female, with ten or more 



buff bars on the tail; length, 250 mm. or more; bill at nostril decidedly 



deeper than wide Eudynamys (p. 377) 



Gemis CLAMATOR Kanp, 1829. 



A pointed occipital crest; wing short and rounded, primaries extend- 

 ing but little beyond the secondaries; tail much longer than wing; tail- 

 feathers graduated; sexes similar in color. 



* The young in several genera are more or less barred and can not be determined 

 by this key; the females in the genus Eudynamys have the entire plumage barred 

 and spotted. 



