208 VVCULIDJE. 



GENUS CCLIII.— CUCULUS Auctorum. CUCKOO. 



Rostrum mediocre, laeve, 

 teretiusculum, integrum, 

 subincurvatum. 



Nares prominulae. 



AlcB elongatae, acutas. 



Tarsi breviores. 



Beak moderate, smooth, 

 rounded, in tire, rather in- 

 curved. 



Nostrils prominent. 



Wings elongated, acute. 



Tarsi shorter than the longest 

 toe. 



A. Rostro basi suhdepresso. 



A. With the beak slightly depressed at the base. 



Sp. 1. Ca. canorus. Steph. v. ix. j^- 68. pi. 16. — Cu. hepaticus. 

 Temm! young. — Britain and Europe. 



Sp. 2. Cu. gularis. Steph. v. ix. p. 83. pi. 1 7- — The Cape of Good 



Hope. 

 Sp. 3. Cu. solitarius. Steph. v. ix. j). 84. pi. 18. — Southern 



Africa. 

 Sp. 4. Cu. radiatus. Steph. v. ix. p. 91. — The Indian Archi- 

 pelago. 

 Sp. 5. Cu. clamosus. Steph. v. ix. p. 108. — The Cape of Good 



Hope. 

 Sp. 6. Cu. edolius. Cuvier. — Cuculus serratus. Steph. v. ix. 



p. 114.^/. 22, 23. — Southern Africa. 

 Sp. 7. Co. afer. Steph. v. i\. p. 1 \5.pl. 24. — Southern Africa. 

 Sp. 8. Cu. coromandus. Steph. v. ix. p. 1 19. — Southern Africa. 

 Sp. 9. Cu. Americanus. Steph.v.ix.p.9S.pl.\9. — Yellow-bellied 



Cuckoo. IVils. Amer. Oni. v. iv. pi. 28.y^ 1 . 

 Sp. 10. Cu. erythrophthalmus. Wils. Amer. Orn. v. iv. pi. 28. 



/2. 

 Cu. rostro nigro; corpjore supra cinereo ; subtus alba ; orbitis nudis, 



rubris, riigosis. 

 Cuckoo with a black beak ; the body above cinereous ; beneath 



white ; the orbits naked, red, and rugose. 

 Black-billed Cuckoo. Lath. Gen. Hist. v. iii. p. 3 1 7- 



