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LLOYDS NATURAL HISTORY. 



greatly from Cuckoos, and are, moreover, entirely confined to 

 the Ethiopian Region. 



The Family Cuculidc^^ which is co-equal in extent with 

 the Sub-order, as defined above, contains six Sub-families, 



Left foot of a Cuckoo [Eudynamis cyanoccphala), to show the arrange- 

 ment of the plantar tcmlons. [From the Catalogue of Osteological Speci- 

 mens in the Museum of the Royal College of Surgeons.] F.H., Flexor 

 lonms halhuis ; F.P.^ Flexor perfonms digitoriiin. 



viz., the True Cuckoos {Cuculince), found all over the world, 

 the Lark-heeled Cuckoos ( Centropodince), distributed over the 

 tropical portions of the Old World, the Bush Cuckoos {FhoiJii- 

 cophcunce)^ inhabiting the tropics in Africa, India, and the 



