364 MANUAL OF PHILIPPINE BIRDS." 



Suborder CUCULI. 

 Family CUCULIDJE. 



Characters same as those given for the Order. 



Subfamilies. 



a 1 . Wing longer and flatter, less curved to the body; distance from tip of wing to 



tip of secondaries greater than culmen or tarsus. Cuculinae (p. 364) 



a 2 . Wing shorter, more rounded and curved to the body; distance from tip of wing 

 to tip of secondaries less than either culmen or tarsus. 



ft 1 . Hind claw long and straight, lark-like Centropodinae ( p. 380) 



6*. Hind claw short and curved Phoenicophainae (p. 387) 



Subfamily CUCULIN/C. 

 Genera.* 



a 1 . With a long crest ; tarsus almost naked Clamator (p. 364) 



a*. Without a crest ; tarsus more or less feathered at base. 



6 1 . Secondaries shorter, in closed wing, scarcely exceeding half the length of 



primaries Cuculus (p. 370) 



6 2 . Secondaries longer, in closed wing, equaling two-thirds the length of primaries 



or more. 

 c 1 . Plumage never entirely black ; bill at nostril wider than deep, or at least 



not deeper than wide. 

 &. Larger, length 300 mm. or more; plumage banded or barred, hawk-like 



in both sexes Hierococcyx (p. 368) 



d 2 . Smaller, length 250 mm. or less. 



e 1 . Tail slightly forked, outer feather short; plumage black with a white 



bar on inner webs of primaries Surniculus (p. 365) 



e*. Tail rounded; plumage never black. 



f 1 . Larger; tail, about 120 mm.; plumage rather dull, never metallic 



bronze nor violet. 

 g l . Young and adult differently colored; bill compressed; tail-feathers 



of the same length throughout Cacomantis (p. 374) 



2 . Young and adult similar ; bill stout, not compressed ; tail-feathers 



narrower near their tips Penthoceryx (p. 373) 



f: Smaller; tail, about 75 mm.; plumage bright metallic bronze or 

 violet; abdomen strongly barred with white. 



Chalcococcyx (p. 375) 



c 2 . 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 wide _ Endynamys (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 Endynamys have the entire plumage barred 

 and spotted. 



