CUCULINiE. 
The species of this genus are found in India, Africa, and Europe. They are migratory, and are usually observed 
singly or in pairs on the low branches of trees, or on the bushy ground, seeking for various kinds of insects, both in 
their perfect and imperfect states, on which they chiefly subsist. 
1. O. glandarius (Linn.) Edwards's Birds, pi. 57., Temm. PI. , Levaill. Ois. d'Afr. 207, 208. ; C. edolius Cuv. ; C. jacobinus £orfd. 
col. 414. — Cuculus macrurus Brehtn ; C. Andalusiie Briss. ; C. i PI. enl. 872. ; C. melanoleucos Gmel. ; Leptosomus afer Fmnkl. 
pisanus Gmel. Hist, de I'Egypt, Ois. t. 4. f. 2. 4. O. afer (Steph.) Gen. Zool. ix. p. 115. pl. 24., Levaill. Ois. 
2. O. coromandus {lAvm.) PI. enl. 274. f. 2., Levaill. Ois. d'Afr. d'Afr. t. 209., Leach, Zool. Misc. pl. 31. — Cuculus Levaillautii 
t. 213. — Cuculus collaris Vieill. Less. Swains. Zool. 111. pl. 18. 
3. O. serratus (Sparrm.) Mus. Carl. t. 3. — Cuculus ater Gmel. 
EUDYNAMYS Vlg. Hovsf.* 
Bill long, broad, with the culmen curved, and the sides compressed to the tip, which is slightly 
emarginated ; the gonys short and angulated ; the nostrils basal, lateral, and placed in a short 
membranous groove, with the opening large and exposed. Wings moderate, with the fourth and fifth 
quills equal and longest. Tail lengthened and rounded. Tarsi rather short, robust, and covered in front 
with broad scales. Toes unequal, the outer anterior toe the longest. 
These migratory birds are found, at certain seasons of the year, in various parts of India, its Archipelago, Australia, 
New Zealand, and some of the South Sea Islands. They usually frequent, singly or in pairs, the various kinds of fruit- 
bearing trees, on the fruit of which they entirely subsist, and they especially delight in the fig of the banyan tree. 
Their cry consists of two or three shrill notes, which are frequently repeated, each time increasing until it becomes 
excessively loud. The female of an Indian species is stated by Mr. Jcrdon to deposit its eggs in the nest of the 
Corvus splendens, from which it dislodges the crow's eggs. 
1. E. orientalis (Linn.) Vig. & Horsf. Pl. enl. 274. f. 1, — Cu- 
culus crassirostris Vieill. ? Levaill. Ois. d'Afr. t. 214. C. punctatus 
Linn. Pl. enl. 771. ; C. scolopaceus Pl. cnl. 586., Edwards's 
Birds, pl. 59. ; C. mindanensis Linn. Pl. enl. 277. ; Centropus 
fasciatus C. W.Smith. 
2. E. indicus (Lath.). 
3. E. n/^er (Linn.) Hartl. Edwards's Birds, pl. 58. — Type of 
Gymnopus Blyth (1843). 
4. ? E. honoratus (Linn.) Pl. enl. 294. 
5. E. maculatus (Bodd.) Pl. enl. 7G4., Levaill. Ois. d'Afr. t. 
216.? 
6. E. aiistralis Swains. Two Cent. & a Quart, p. 344. — Cuculus 
cyanocephalus Lath.} Lamb. Icon. ined. i. 34..'; Eudynamys orien- 
talis Vig. v!^- Horsf. 
7. E. taitensis (Sparr.) Mus. Carls, t. 32. — Cuculus taitius 
Gmel. 
8. E. Flindcrsii Vig. & Horsf. Linn. Trans, xv. 305., Griff. An. 
Kingd. iii. pl. p. 
9. E. rufiventer Less. Zool. de la Coqu. p. 622. 
10. E. picatns Mull. & Schl. Verb. Nat. Gesch. p. 176. 
11. E. melanorhynchus Miill. & Schl. Verb. Nat. Gesch, p. 176. 
* Established by Vigors and Dr. Horsfield in 1826 (Linn. Trans, xv. p. 303.). It embraces Gymnopus of Mr. Blyth (1843). 
July, 1847. 
