Genus EUDYNAMYS. 
Bill stout, wide at the base, not so much compressed as in Coccyges Nostrils oval exposed 
not so near to margin as in the last. Wings long ; the 3rd and 4th 
the 1st nearly equal to the innermost. Tail not so much graduated as i ‘ g 
and feet stout. Tarsus about equal to the anterior toe, and shielded with stout, broad, transverse 
scutse. 
EUDYNAMYS HONORATA. 
(THE INDIAN KOEL.) 
Cuculus honoratus, Linn. Syst. Nat. i. p. 109 (female) (1766) ; Lath. Ind. O.n. i. p. 214 (1790). 
Cuculus niger, Linn. Syst. Nat. i. p. 170. no. 12 (male) (1766). 
Cuculus indicus. Lath. Ind. Orn. i. p. 221 (1790). 1 , _ „ T M i 
Eudynamys orientalis, Sykes (nec Linn.), P. Z. S. 1832, p. ; eic ' a ' ' ' . 
Journ. 1840, xi. p. 222 ; Blyth, J. A. S. B. 1847, p. 468 ; id. Ann & Mag. Nat. Hist 
1847 p 385 ; id. Cat. B. Mus. A. S. B. p. 73 (1849); Kelaart, Prodromus, Cat. p. 1-1 
(1852) ; Layard, Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. 1854, xiii. p. 451 ; Horsf & Moore, Cat. B. 
Mus. E. I. Co. p. 708 (1856) ; Jerdon, B. of Ind. i. p. 342 ; Irby, Ibis, 1861, p. - . 
Legge, ibid. 1874, p. 16. ,» . . 
Cuculus (Eudynamys) honoratus, Blyth, J. A. S. B 18 - P- - ( ema e . 
Eni„ “p P 827 ; Holdsworth, P. Z. S. 1872, p. 432 ; Hume, 
<«»)= s »- 1874 - »• 894 : 
Anderson, Ibis, 1875, p. 142 ; Hume, Str. Feath. 1876, p. 46o. 
Eudynamys horonata, Hume, Str. Feath. 1S73, p. 173. , ,,,,, 
L Mad Indian Cnckou, Edwards, Nat. Hist. Birds, P 58 (ma e) ; J?rc» 
Indian Cuckcm. Edwards, tom. dt. p. 59 (female); Coucou tadcie delcngal ^DaubenC 
PI Enl pi. 294 (female); J Hack Cuckoo of some; Koel, Hind, (female), mmtmm 
Konyallu. - spotted " ; Kokil, Bengal. ; Kokila, Tel. (male Mak, female Podak). 
Kaputa Jcoha (male), Gomera leoha (female). 
Coosil and Koel, Ceylonese Tamils (apud Layard). 
... • n A + 7 . 4 . foil 7-0 to 7-5 ■ tarsus 1'15 to 1-2 ; outer anterior toe 
Adult male. Length 15-0 to 15-3 inches; wing rO to 7 4, tail / to o, 
l .05 its claw (straight) 0'45 ; bill to gape 1’55. , « , , , . , 
- - * - - 
as well. 
Mltfimk. Length lf» to 1« Mm, «** W »« MmVft, enter anterior toe 1-8, cto 
(stroigbu 0-4o- nostrils ; legs and feet dusky slaty green or faded bluish 
like spots ; the wings vary considerably m the character ol their markings ; quills, ipp • ^ ^ 
