THE FAN-TAILED CUCKOO 249 



Genus Cuculus. 



The whole of the Old World, except Polynesia. The British 

 Cuckoo belongs to this genus. 



The Oriental Cuckoo. 



Cuculus saturatus {intermedins). 



Queensland, and accidentally in New South Wales. Prom Siberia 

 and India to New Gninea. 



Head, throat and back blue grey; tail slaty black with white spots; 

 under parts whitish with black bars. Total length 12.8 inches, eulmen 

 .9, wing 7.4, tail 6.3, tarsus .7. 



The Pallid Cuckoo. 



Cuculus inornatus (pallidus). 



Australia generally and Tasmania. 



Generally grey, the tail barred with white; under surfaces nearly 

 uniform, only the under tail-coverts with dusky bars. Total length 12 

 inches. 



Egg uniform pale flesh colour, with a darker wash of the 

 same tint at the larger end; sometimes a few chestnut spots 

 appear here and there over the shell. About .9 x .7 inch. 



Genus Cacomantis. 



Indian Peninsula and Ceylon, China, the Philippines, to 

 Australia, New Caledonia and Fiji. Fan-tailed Cuckoos. 



The Fan-tailed Cuckoo. 



Cacomantis rufulus {flaielliformis) . 



Australia, Tasmania, the Aru Islands. 



Above blue-grey; tail blue-black with white notches sometimes almost 

 forming bars; under surfaces isabelline, not barred. Total length 10.2 

 inches. 



Egg fleshy-white, sprinkled all over with fine pinkish-red 

 spots, which are blended about the upper quarter so as to form 

 a narrow belt. .86 x .6 inch. 



