CUCULIDZ—CUCKOOS. 137 
Family CUCULIDZ. 
Genus CUCULUS. 
CUCKOO. \“ 
Cuculus canorus Zn. 
Adult: Adove slaty-grey, chestnut on back, primaries with 
broad spots of white on inner webs, especially towards bases ; 
tail-feathers blackish, several being spotted along their webs 
with white and all whzte cépped ; beneath fore parts pale slaty- 
grey ; rest of under parts white ; more or less regularly barred 
with black below the chest; bill black, yellowish at base 
beneath ; legs, feet and irides yellow. Length 13 to 14 inches ; 
culmen 0°8; wing 9; tail 7; tarsus o°8. 
Young in first plumage: Feathers above barred with 
chestnut, and white tipped ; females are decidedly rufous on 
rump, upper tail-coverts and tail; under parts all barred. 
Very young birds show a conspicuous white patch on the 
nape. 
Distribution : Summer visitant to Europe and most of 
Asia, migrating in autumn to Central Africa, or Southern India. 
Habitat: Cultivated and wooded localities where insects 
abound. 
Genus COCCYSTES. 
GREAT SPOTTED CUCKOO. x 
Coccystes glandarius (Lzvz). 
Adult Male: Crown feathers long and crested, dark grey, 
streaked along the shafts with black; rest of upper parts 
chiefly brown, tinged with olive ; wing-coverts, some of primar- 
ies and upper tail-coverts white tipped ; tail-feathers blackish- 
brown, outer ones tipped with white ; sides of face dark grey ; 
beneath creamy-white, buffish on throat; bill dark brown, yel- 
lowish at base beneath ; legs and feet slaty-grey ; irides brown. 
