454 CLASS XVI. 



Sp. Centropus senegalensis, Cuculus senegalensis L., Buff. PI. enl. 332, 

 Swains. Birds of W. Afr. 11. PI. 20; — Centropus philippensis Gov., Buff. 

 PI. enl. 824, Cuv. R. Ani., ed. ill., Ols. PI. 50, fig. i ; — Centropus nigra- 

 rufus Cuv., Less. Ornith. PI. 20, fig. 2, &c. The species named and some 

 others are from Africa ; others live on the islands of the Indian Archipelago 

 and in Australia. • 



Coccyzus ViEiLL., Temm., Ifacropus Spix. Bill shorter than 

 head, compressed, with culmen convex, curved at the tip. Nostrils 

 lateral, placed in the base of hill, half covered by naked membrane. 

 Tarsus equalling anterior outer toe, covered anteriorly with a single 

 row of scutes. Claws short. Wings with fourth or fifth quill 

 longest of all. Tail long, graduate. 



Sp. Coccyzus americanus, Cuculus americanus L., Buff. PI. enl. 816; — 

 Coccyzus dominicus, Cuculus dominicus L., Beiss. Ornith. iv. PI. 9, fig. 2 ; 

 — Coccyzus cayanus, Cuculus cayanus L,, Buff. PI. enl. 211 (Piaya Less., 

 Gray) &c. 



Add sub-genera Coua Vaill., Gray (Sp. Coccyzus madagascariensis, 

 Cuculus madagascariensis Gm., Buff. PI. enl. 815; — Coccyzus cristatus, 

 Cuculus cristatus L., Buff. PI. enl. 589, Less. Ornith. PI. 21, fig. 2, &c.), 

 Cultrides Percheron, Gray — (Sp. Coccyzus Geoffroyi Temm., PI. col. 7, 

 GuJER. Icon., Ois. PI, 31, fig. 2) a,nd Biplopterus IBoi^, Gray. (Sp, Coc- 

 cyzus guira, Cuculus guira Gm., Guer. Iconogr., Ois. PI, 31, fig, i ; — 

 Coccyzus ncevius, Cuculus ncevius L., Buff. PL enl. 812, &c.) 



Saiirothera Vieill., Less, (add Gfeococcyx Wagl., Gray, Lep- 

 tostoma Swains.) Bill long, substraight, abruptly curved at the 

 tip. Nostrils lateral, covered partly by membrane. Tarsi covered 

 anteriorly with a single row of scutes, equalling or surpassing the 

 anterior outer toe. Wings with fourth, fifth, and sixth quills sub- 

 equal, longest of all. Tail long, graduate. 



Sp. Saurothera dominicensis Lafresn,, Buff. PI. enl. 772 (distinct from 

 Saurothera jamaicensis which is Cuculus vetula L, ; on the synonymy con- 

 sult Lafresn. Revue Zoolog. 1847, PP- 353 — 360); — Saurothera viatica, 

 Cuculus viaticus Lichtenst., Saurothera californiana Botta, Nouv. Ann. 

 du Mus. IV, 1835, p. 121, PI. 9 {Geococcyx); — Saurothera affinis, Geococcyx 

 affinis Hartl., Gray Gen. of Birds PI, cxiv. &c. All the species 

 American, 



Cuculus L. (exclusive of many species). Bill moderate, broad 

 at the base, depressed, compressed at the side, moderately curved. 

 Nostrils placed at the base of bill, marginate with naked membrane. 

 Tarsus shorter than anterior outer toe, covered anteriorly with a 

 single row of transverse scutes, plumed below the heel. Tail 



