CUCULIDiE. 



GENUS CCLIIL— CUCULUS Auctorum. CUCKOO. 



Rostrum mediocre, laeve, 

 teretiusculum, integrum, 

 subincurvatum. 



Naves prominulae. 



Alee elongatae, acutae. 



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. p. 68. pL 16. — Cu. hepaticus. 



Temm? young. — Britain and Europe. 

 Sp. 2. Cu. gularis. Steph, v. ix. p. 83. pL 1 7* — The Cape of Good 



Hope. 



Sp. 3. Cu. solitarius. Steph. v. ix, p. 84, 18. — Southern 

 Africa. 



Sp, 4. Cu. radiatus. Steph. xh 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. 1 14. pi. 22, 23.— Southern Africa. 

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

 Sp. 8. Cu. coromandus. Steph. v. ix. p. 119. — Southern Africa. 

 8p. 9. Cu. Americanus. Steph. v. ix.p. 93.pl. 1 9. — Yellow-bellied 



Cuckoo. JVils, Amer. Orn. v. iv. pi. 2%.^. 1 . 

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



/2. 



Cu. rostro nigro; cor pore supra cinereo; suhtus albo; orbitis Jiudis, 

 rubris, rugosis. 



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



white } the orbits naked, red, and rugose. 

 Black-billed Cuckoo. Lath. Gen. Hist. v. in. p. 317- 



