LIST OF BIRDS OF AUSTRALIA. 
Order CUCULIFORMES. 
Family CUCULIDfiE. 
CCLXVIII. Genus CUCULUS. 
Cuculus Linne, Syst. Nat., 10th ed, p. 110, Jan. 1st, 1758. Type (by tautonymy) : Cuculus canorus Linne * 
Nicoclarius Bonaparte, Ateneo Italiano, Vol 2, No. 8, p. 121 (Consp. Volucrum Zygod., p. 6), May (before June 5th) 
1854. Type (by subsequent designation, Gray, p. 97, 1855) : Cuculus optatus Gould. 
319. CUCULUS OPTATUS. ORIENTAL CUCKOO. 
Gouid Vol. IV., pi. 84 (pt. xxi.), Dec. 1st, 1845. Mathews, Vol. VII, pt. 3, pi. 349 Aug 
26th, 1918. 
Cuculus optatus Gould, Proc. Zool. Soc. (Loud.), 1845, p. 18, April : Port Essington, Northern Territory. 
Cuculus fucatus Peale, U.S. Expl. Exped, Vol. X, p. 136, 1848 (Cf. 2nd ed, v. 244, 1858) : Sooloo Islands. 
Cuculus tenuirostris Cassin , U.S. Expl. Exped, p. 244, 1858, (pref. May 10th) : Sooloo Islands. 
Not Cuculus tenuirostris Lesson, Traite d’Orn, livr. 2, p. 146, May 8th, 1830. 
Cuculus horsfieldi Moore, in Horsfield and Moore’s Cat. Birds Mus. E. India Comp, Vol. II, p. 703, 1857 (? 1858) • 
J 8/V81. 
Cuculus cantor “ 111.” Cabanis und Heine, Mus. Hein, Vol. IV, p. 34, (after Dee. 30th, 1863,) 1864. Nom. nud. 
? Cuculus bubu Dybowski, Journ. fiir Ornith, 1868, p. 336, Sept. Nom. nud. 
Cuculus peninsula Stejneger, Bull. U.S. Nat. Mus, No. 29, p. 227, Dee. 16th, 1885 : Commander Islands. 
1 Cuculus optatus belli Mathews, Bull. Brit. Orn. Club, Vol. XXXVI, p. 83, May 25th, 1916 : Lord Howe I. 
Distribution. Tropical northern Australia and New South Wales. 
CCLXIX. Genus HETEROSCENES. 
Heteroscenes Cabanis und Heine, Mus. Hein, Vol. IV, p. 26, (after Dec. 30th, 1863) 1864. Type (by monotypy) : 
Columba pallida Latham. 
320. HETEROSCENES PALLIDUS. PALLID CUCKOO. 
Gould, Vol. IV, pi. 85 (pt. xxv.), Dec. 1st, 1846. Mathews, Vol. VII, pt. 3, pi. 350, Aug. 
26th, 1918. 
Columba pallida Latham, Index Ornith. Suppl, p. lx, after May 1801, based on W ailing drawing No 226 • 
New South Wales. 
Cuculus variegatus Vieillot, Nouv. Diet. d’Hist. Nat, Vol. VIII, p. 224, March 15th, 1817 : New South Wales. 
Not Cuculus variegatus Scopoli, Del. Flor. Faun. Insub, pt. 2, p. 89, 1786. 
Cuculus cinereus Vieillot, Nouv. Diet. d’Hist. Nat, Vol. VIII, p. 226, March 15th, 1817 : New South Wales. 
Cuculus inornatus Vigors and Horsfield, Trans. Linn. Soc. (Lond.), Vol. XV, p. 297, Feb. 17th, 1827 : New South 
Wales. 
Cuculus albostrigatus Vigors and Horsfield, ib. : New South Wales. 
Chalcites simplex Lesson, Echo du Monde Savant, 11th year. No. 48, col. 1138. June 20th, 1844: New South Wales. 
Cf. Menegaux, Art. d’Orn, Lesson, p. 114, 1913. 
Heteroscenes occidental is Cabanis mid Heine, Mus. Heine, Vol. IV, p. 27 note, (after Dec. 30th, 1863) 1864 : West 
Australia. 
Heteroscenes pallidus tasmanicus Mathews, Austral Av. Rec, Vol. Ill, pt. 3, p. 58, April 7th, 1916 : Tasmania. 
Distribution. Australia generally and Tasmania. 
CCLXX. Genus CACOMANTIS. 
Cacomantis S. Muller, Verh. Nat. Gesch. Land en Volkenk, p. 177, 1843. Type (by subsequent designation, 
Salvadori, Orn. Papu e Molucche, pt. i, p. 331, (pref. June 15th, 1879) 1880): Cuculus flavus Linne. 
Gymnopus Blyth, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist, Vol. XII, p. 94, Aug. 1st, 1843. Type (by monotypy) : Cuculus niger 
Latham = C. passerinus Vahl. 
Not Gymnopus Dumeril et Bibron (Roret’s Suite a Buffon) Erpet, Vol. II, p. 472, May 1835. 
Polyphasia Blyth, Journ. As. Soc. Bengal, Vol. XII, pt. i, p. 244, 1843. Type (by original designation) : Cuculus 
flavus Linne. 
Not Polyphasia Stephens, Illustr. Lepid, 1829. 
Ololygon Cabanis und Heine, Mus. Heine, Vol. IV, p. 20, note, (after Dec. 30th, 1863) 1864. Type (by monotypy) : 
C. passerinus Vahl. 
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