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of trees, incubate their own eggs, and provide for 

 their offspring : they are confined to the lower tem- 

 perate and tropical regions of the globe. 



GENUS CCLL— COCCYZUS, Vieillot. 



Rostrum elongatum, basi 

 crassum, integrum, supra 

 convexum, arcuatum, la- 

 teratim compressum. 



Alee breves, rotundatae. 



Tarsi elevati, digitus lon- 

 gissimus longiores, 



Beak elongate, thick at the 

 base, intire, convex above, 

 arcuated, laterally com- 

 pressed. 



Wings short, rounded. 



Tarsi elevated, longer than 

 the longest toe. 



The species of this genus inhabit the warm cli- 

 mates of both worlds : they nidificate in trees, and 

 bring up their own young. 



Sp. 1. Co. Madagascariensis. 



Cuculus Madagascariensis. Steph. v.iyi.p. 101. — Madagascar. 

 Sp. 2. Co. cristatus. 



Cuculus cristatus. Steph. v. ix. p. 118. — Madagascar. 

 Sp. 3. Co. caeruleus. 



Polophilus caeruleus. Steph. v. ix. p. 56. — Africa. 

 Sp. 4. Co. galeritus. Illiger. 



Cuculus nsevius. Steph. v. ix. jo. 99. — Cayenne. 

 Sp. 5. Co. Cayanus. 



Cuculus Cayanus. Steph. v. ix. p. 90.— Cayenne, 

 Sp. 6. Co. seniculus. 



Cuculus seniculus. Steph. v. ix. p. 125. — Cayenne. 

 Sp. 7. Co. Geoffroyii. Temm. PI. Col 7. 



Co. cristatus supra ceneo-viridis nitore aureo ;fronte, malis, collo 

 antice pectoreque pennis fuscus velutinis obtectis apicibus lunula 

 rufescente-albidd notatis; ventre supremo Jlavescente ; infimo 

 rufo ; caudd cuneatd. 



