Order III. SCANSORES. 
Family IV. Cuculidte. 
The third Subfamily, 
COCCYZIN^E, or Ground Cuckows, 
have the Bill generally elevated at its Base, with the eulmcn arehod, and the sides much compressed to 
the tip, which is entire; the gonys usually long and straight; the nostnls basal, with t e opening 
generally linear, and partly closed by a scale; the Wings moderate, and more or less rounded ; the Tail 
long and graduated; the Tarsi lengthened, and covered with broad scales; the Toes unequal, an 
armed with various-sized claws. 
Coua Cuv.* 
Bill moderate, with the culmen more or less curved, and the sides compressed to the tip, which is 
entire- the lateral margins curved, and the gonys long and ascending; the nostnls basal, sunk in a 
broad short groove, with the opening anterior, linear, and oblique. Wings moderate and mue 
rounded; with the fifth, sixth, and seventh quills equal and longest. Tail long, broad, an muc 
rounded on the sides. Tarsi longer than the middle toe, and covered in front with broad scales, 
unequal; and anned with moderate, compressed, curved, acute claws. 
It is in Madagascar, and on the eastern side of the continent of Africa, that the species of this genns are found. 
1. C.gigas (Bodd.) PI. enl. 815. — Cuculus madagascariensis 
Gmel. ; Coccyzus virescens Fieill. 
2. C. cvrulea (Linn.) PI. enl. 295. f. 2., Le Vaill. Ois. d'Afr. t. 
218., Gal. des Ois. t. 41. 
3. C. cristata (Linn.) PL enl. -589., Le Vaill. Ois. d’Afr. t. 217- 
4. C. Serriana (Pucher.) Rev. Zool. 1845. p. 51. 
5. C. Reyaudi (Pucher.) Rev. Zool. 1845. p. 51. 
6. C. ruficeps G. R. Gray. 
7. C. Delalundi Temm. PI. col. 440. 
Centropus Illig .f 
Bid short elevated at the base, with the culmen much curved, and the sides much compressed to the 
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* Established by Cuvier in 1817 (1814) and Corydonix of Vieillot (1816) are 
t Illiger established this genus id 1811 {Wociiomub, - i- - > 
synonymous. 
