118 CUCULID^E. 



General Distribution. The Cuckoo breeds in Europe from 

 within the Arctic Circle southwards to the Mediterranean, 

 and eastwards across north and central Asia to Japan and the 

 Himalaya. It winters in equatorial and southern Africa, 

 India, south China, the Malay Archipelago to the Moluccas 

 and New Guinea. It is accidental in the Faeroes and an 

 irregular passage-migrant in Madeira and the Canary Islands. 

 Four races have been recognised : from Corsica ; from Bhutan 

 through Burma to western China, with darker upper parts ; 

 a smaller form from Spain and north-west Africa ; and a 

 fourth ranging from west Siberia to Kamchatka and from 

 central Asia to the Himalaya extending to Sikkim, migrating 

 in winter to India and eastwards, also westwards and not 

 uncommon in southern Europe. 



Genus CLAWATOR Kaup, Natiirl. Syst. 1829, p. 53. 



Type : C. glandarius Linn. 

 Clamdtor=& shouter, therefore a noisy bird. 



Clamator glandarius. GREAT SPOTTED CUCKOO. 



Cuculus glandarius Linnaeus, Syst. Nat. 1758, p. Ill : 

 Gibraltar. 



Coccystes glandarius (Linn.} ; B. O. U. List, 1st ed. 1883, p. 84 ; 

 Shelley, Cat. Birds B. M. xix. 1891, p. 212; Saunders, 

 Manual, 2nd ed. 1899, p. 289. 



Glandarius = probably from the bird's crest resembling that of the Jay 

 (Garrulus glandarius), q. v. 



Distribution in the British Islands. A Bare Visitor, which 

 has occurred four times : Omey I., Connemara, probably 

 in March 1842 ; Skellig Rock, co. Kerry, April 1897 ; 

 near Bellingham, Northumberland, Aug. 1870 ; on the 

 Denes, near Yarmouth, Norfolk, Oct. 1896. 



General Distribution. The Great Spotted Cuckoo inhabits 

 the whole of Africa, south Europe, Cyprus, Asia Minor, 

 Syria, and Persia, breeding in Spain and Portugal and in 



