364 MANUAL OF PHILIPPINE BIRDS. 
Suborder CUCULL. 
Family @BCULIDA. 
Characters same as those given for the Order. 
Subfamilies. 
a’. Wing longer and flatter, less curved to the body; distance from tip of wing to 
tip of secondaries greater than culmen or tarsus.................. Cuculine (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. 
6. Hind claw long and straight, lark-like...........-.-....-..... Centropodine (p. 380) 
O°, Hind claw short and "eurveds (23 ioc ste-eesascceaeneeeee Phenicophaine (p. 387) 
Subfamily CUCULIN 2. 
Genera,* 
a, With a long crest; tarsus almost naked... _.-—..-.---....-----ce-02---- Clamator (p. 364) 
a®?. Without a crest; tarsus more or less feathered at base. 
bt. Secondaries shorter, in closed wing, scarcely exceeding half the length of 
Omer eh hes ce bop n apy seomeeseten Coast PEP neces Te eep eeeg es. oe Pee once Cuculus (p. 370) 
b*. 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; plumage banded or barred, hawk-like 
TRL DODR SORES 2 esate ate ae awe eet eee Hierococcyx (p. 368) 
d*?, Smaller, length 250 mm. or less. 
e'. Tail slightly forked, outer feather short; plumage black with a white 
bar onsinner webs ol primaricss ess! sree Surniculus (p. 365) 
e?. Tail rounded; plumage never black. 
f'. Larger; tail, about 120 mm.; plumage rather dull, never metallic 
bronze nor violet. 
g. Young and adult differently colored; bill compressed; tail-feathers 
of the same length throughout.................... Cacomantis (p. 374) 
g?. Young and adult similar; bill stout, not compressed; tail-feathers 
Harrower near “therm tips. 2c. cece ere Penthoceryx (p. 373) 
f°. 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 wider cs:2 cee k iA} cote ebe tee ccc Eudynamys (p. 377) 
Genus CLAMATOR Kaup, 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 Hudynamys have the entire plumage barred 
and spotted. 
