338 ORNITOLOGIA DELLA PAPUASIA E DELLE MOLUCCHE 



Orbo PICARIAE 

 Familia CUCULIDAE 



Gen. CUCULUS, LiNN. 



Typus : 



Cuculus, Linn., S.X. I, p. 168 (1766) Cuculus canorus, Linn. 



Nicoclarius, Bp., Consp. Voi. Zygod. p. 6 (1854) Cuculus optatus, Gould. 



Clavis specierum generis Cuculi: 

 I. Cauda longiuscula, fasciis fuscis transversis gastraei valde conspicuìs . \. C. canoroides. 

 II. Cauda bre\iuscula, parum gradata, fascia subapicali fusca, lata, valde 



conspicua notata 2. » micropterus. 



Sp. 151. Cuculus canoroides, S. MDll. 



Cuculus canoruSj'Horsf. (nec Linn.), Trans. Linn. Soc.XIlI, p. 179 (182!) (ex Java). — ?Wald., 



Trans. Zool.Soc. Vili, p. 115 (1872). — Finsch, P. Z. S. 1879, p. 12. 

 Cuculus canoroides (I), S. Miill, Verh. Land- en Volkenk. p. 235, net. sp. 1 (1839-1844) (Java, 



Sumatra, Borneo, Timor, Malicca, Cocincina) (Tipo di Giava esaminato). — Bp., Consp. 



I, p. 1U3 (185U). - G. R. Gr., P. Z. S. 1860, p. 359 (Batjan). — Wall., P.Z.S. 1863, p. 485 (ex 



Flores et Timor).— Finsch, Neu-Guinea, p. 159 (Ternate)(1865). — Gould, Handb. B. Austr. 



I, p. 614 (1865). — Blylh, Cat M.and B. of Burmah, p. 79, sp. 135 (1875). — Salvad., Ann. 



Mus. Civ. Gen.X, p. 124, sp.26 (1877) (Andai); Xlll, p. 457, n. 1 (1878). — D'Alb.et Salvad., 



ibid. XIV, p 42 (1879). — Ramsay, Pr. Linn. Soc. IN'.S. W. IV, p. 96 (1879). 

 Cuculus optatus, Gould, P.Z.S. 18i5, p. 18 (ex Nova Hollandia). — Gray, Gen. B. II, p.463, 



n. 49 (1847). -Gould, B. Austr. IV, pi. 84 (1848). — Id., Introd.B. Austr. p. 67, n.337 (1848). 



— Rchb., Vog. i\euholl. II, p. 113, n. 433 et p. 309, n.337.— Bp., Consp. 1, p. 103 (1850).— 



Cab. et Ilein., Mus. Hein.IV, p.34 not 4 (1862). 

 Nicoclarius optatus, Bp., Consp. Voi. Zygod. p. 6, sp. 168 (Aten. Ital. 1854). — G. R.Gr., Hand- 



List, II, p.216, sp.9007 (1870). 

 Nicoclarius canoroides, Bp., Consp. Voi. Zygod. p. 6, sp. 169 (Aten. Ital. 1854). 

 Cuculus horsfieldii « ÌMoore », Ilorsf. et Moore, Cat. B. Mu.s. E. I. Comp. II, p. 703, sp. 1023 



(1856-58) (ex Java). 

 Cuculus canorinus. Cab. et Ilein., Mus. Ilein. IV, p. 35 (Java, Timor, Morty) (1862). — Gieb., 



Thes.Orn.I, p. 824 (1872).— Salvad., Cat. Ucc. Born. p. 67 (1874). 

 Cuculus striatus part., Schleg., Uus.V. lì. Cuntli, p. 7 (1864). — Rosenb., Reist. naar Geel- 



winkb.p.6 (1875).— Swinh., P.Z S. 1871, p. 395. 

 Nicoclarius canorinus, G. R. Gr., Hand-List, II, p 216, sp.9Ù06 (1870). 

 Cuculus cantor. 111., in Mus Berol. (Cab. et Ilein., Mus. Ilein. IV, p. 34). 

 Cuculus canorus, S\vinh.(nec I^inn.), Ibis, 1863, p 396. 

 Cuculus kelungensis, Swinh., Ibis, 1863, p. 394.— G.R. Gr., Hand-List, II, p.216, sp.900O 



(1870). 

 Cuculus micropterus, Swinb.(nec Gouldj, P.Z.S. 1863, p. 265. 

 Cuculus monosyllabicus , Swinli , Ibis 1865, p. 5')5. — G. R. Gr., Hand-List, II, p.216, 



sp.8998 (1870). 



Sìipra cinereiis, aìls paullum fuscescentibus el virescenle micaiilibus ; cauda sitpra nigro- 

 caerulescentc; collo antico ciiiereo-albido; pectore abdoniincque albidis , fasciis transversis 

 nigricantibus nolatis , crisso albido-ftavido , fasciis nigris transversis rarioribus notalo ; 



