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Birds of Celebes; Cuculidae. 
Por syaonymy see Shelley 1. c. 
Distribution. Eurojje, N. Africa, Asia as far east as India, migrating in winter south to the 
Cape, S. Persia, S. India, as a straggler — Ceylon. .• 
Diagnosis. Larger, wing 203 — 226 nim (8.0 in. — 8.9 in., Legge, B. Ceylon 222); the bars 
on the under surface usually a very little narrower. 
2. Cueulus canorus canoroides (S. Mil 11.). 
b. Cueulus canorus (1) Horsf., Tr. Z. S. 1821, XIII, 179 (Java); Wald., Tr. Z. S. 
1872, Vin, 115, pt. (Celebes); (2) Swinh., P. Z. 8. 1871, 395 (China); (3) Hartl. 
& F., P. Z. 8. 1872, 100 (Pelew); (4) Finsch, J. Mus. Codef. 1875, Yin, 12 (Pelew); 
. ^5) Hume, 8tr. F. 1875, HI, 78 (Pegu); [G) id., 8tr. F. 1876, lY, 288 (Andamans 
and India); (7j David and Oust., Ois. Chine 1877, 65 (Cliina); (8) Finsch, P. Z. 
8. 1879, 12 (Duke of York Id.); (9) Oates, B. Brit. Brnmah 1883, 103 (Burmah); 
(10) 8tyan, Bus 1887, 230; 1891, 325,484; (11) 8eebohra, B. .lapan. Emp. 1890, 
169 (Japan); (12) 8helley, Cat. B. 1891, XIX, 245, pt. (Japan, New Guinea, etc.); 
(13) Baldamus, Leben europ. Kuck. 1892, 17, 18 (? Celebes); (14) 8eebohm, Bus 
1893, 51 (Loochoo Is.); (15) Hose, t. c. 414 (8arawak); (16) Bourns & Worces., 
B. Menage Exped. 1894, 35. 
vnQ-tn^ c. Cueulus canoroides (1) S.Mtill., Yerh. Natuurk. Comm. 1839 — 44, 235 (in part?); (2) G-ld., 
Handb. B. Austr. 1865, I, 614; (3) Blyth, Ibis 1865, 31, 40; (4) 8alvad., Orn. 
Pap. 1880, I, 328; Agg. 1889, 48, and 1891, 217; (5) AY. Bias. & Nehrk., Yerh. 
z.-b. G-es. AYien 1882, 417; (6) W. Bias., J. f. 0. 1883, 115; (7) Pleske, Bull. 
Acad. Petersb. 1884, 116; (8) Guillem., P. Z. S. 1885, 565, 624; (9) W. Bias., 
Ornis 1888, 306, 565; (10) id.. Ibis 1888, 373; (llj id., J. f. 0. 1890, 145; (12) 
AVhitehd., Ibis 1890, 46. 
d. Cueulus optatus (1) Gld., P. Z. S. 1845, 18; 'll) id., B. Austr. 1848, lY, pi. 84; (3) 
Baldnis., Leben europ. Kuck. 1892, 127 (pt. ?). 
e. Cueulus eanorinus (1) ?Cab. & Heine, Mus. Hein. 1862, lY, 35; (2) Salvad., Cat. Ucc. 
Borneo 1874, 67; (3) ?Tacz., J. f. 0. 1881, 186; (4) ?Deditius, J. f. 0. 1886, 
540; (5) Everett, J. Str. Br. B. A. S. 1889, 169; (6] Baldamus, Leben eur. Kuck. 
1892, 126. 
/'. Cueulus striatus (1) Swinh. (nec Drapiez), Ibis 1861, 259, 340 (in part;; ?,''2yDavid& 
Oust., Ois. Chine 1877, 65. 
g. Cueulus intermedius (nec Yahl) (1) Seeb., B. Japan 1890, 169 partim?; (2) M. & Wg., 
J. f. 0. 1894, 241; (3) iid., Abh. Mus. Dresd. 1895 Nr. 9, p. 3; (4) Hartert, Nov. 
Zool. 1896, 159, 176, 552. _ H---' .Y". 
“Dandape” (ad.) or “Parapaa”, “Mengantagota" (juv.) Talairt, Nat. Coll. 
Distribution. ?East Siberia (e 3, China (Swinh. h2, David b 7)\ Japan (h 11, hl2j-, 
Burmah (Hume h 5, Oates b 9); India (Hume b 6); Andamans (Hume b 6)-, Pliilip- 
pines (Platen c 9, e 11, B. & AY. b 16)', Borneo (c 4, e 5)', Great Sangi (Platen c .9); 
Talaut Is., Karkellang and Kabruang (Nat. Coll, g 2, g .9); Celebes — North (Aleyer 
b 7*'®); South (Everett g 4); Saleyer, Djampea and Kalao (Everett g 4); Bali 
iDoherty p 4); Pelew Is. (Heinsohn & 3, b 4); Halmahera, Ternate, Batchian, Morty, 
Amboina, AYaigiou, Aru, New Guinea, Jobi, Duke of York Id., New Britain, N. 
Australia (Salvad. c 4, Shelley b 12)', Malacca, Singapore, Java, Dahat Id., Timor 
(Shelley b 12). 
Diagnosis. Smaller, wing 190 (or less) to 220 mm (specimen in Coll. Salvad. c4); the bars 
on the under surface usually broader and Ijlacker ; wing below with one or two fewer 
white bars. 
