Cuculim;.— Cuckoos. 



THE genera of this extensive family are dispersed universally over the face of the globe, and many of the 

 species are remarkable for their parasitic habits. As a family they are more numerous in the old world 

 than in the new. In Asia, Africa, India, and Polynesia they are equally numerous, but while the genera 

 are widely distributed, the species are limited in their range. All the Australian species with the exception of 

 one, the genus Centropus, are parasitic, and deposit their eggs in the nests, leaving their young to be hatched 

 and tended by other birds. 



