CUCULID^E. 
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Hierococcyx pectoralis Cabanis & Heine, Mus. Hein. vol. iv. p. 27, 18G4 : Philip¬ 
pines. 
Cuculus asturinus Briiggemann, Abh. Ver. Bremen, vol. v. p. 101, 1876. 
Itistr .—Malayan Peninsula, Celebes. Extra-limital. 
Hierococcyx sparverioides (Vigors). (10-232.) 
Cuculus sparverioides Vigors, Proc. Zool. Soc. Loud. 1831, p. 173: 
India. (Fig. Gould, Himal. pi. 53 ; Asia, vi. pi. 42.) 
Cuculus strenuus Gould, P. Z. S. 1856, p. 96 : Manilla. 
Distr. —India to Malayan Archipelago, Celebes. Extra-limital. 
Hierococcyx crassirostris Wald. (19-239.) 
Hierococcyx crassirostris Walden, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. 1782 
p. 305.’ (Fig. T. Z. S. viii. pi. 13.) 
Distr .—Celebes (North and Central). 
Genus CUCULUS Linne. 
Cuculus Linne, Svst. Nat. 10th ed. p. 110, Jan. 1st, 1758. Type (by 
tautonymy) : Cuculus canoi'us Linne. 
Nicoclarius Bonaparte, Ateneo Italian, vol. ii. no. 8, p. 121 (Consp. Volucrum 
Zygod. p. 6), May (before June 5th) 1854. Tj^pe (by subsequent designation, 
Gray, p. 97, 1855) : Cuculus optatus Gould. 
Cuculus cancrus L. 
Distr. —Paltearctic, Indian, and Ethiopian Regions to New 
Guinea. 
Cuculus canorus canorus L. (19-254.) 
Cuculus canorus Linne, Syst. Nat. 10th ed. p. 110, 1758: Sweden, 
Europe. (Fig. Dresser, v. pi. 299.) 
Distr. —Europe, Asia to Africa. 
Cuculus canorus telephonus Heine. 
Cuculus telephonus Heine, Journ. fur Orn. 1863, p. 352 : Japan. 
? Cuculus canorus subtelephonus Sarudny, Mess. Orn. 1914, p. 108. 
Distr. —India to New Guinea on migration. 
Cuculus optatus Gould. (19-252.) 
Cuculus optatus Gould, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1845, p. 18, April: Port 
Essington, Northern Territory. (Fig. Gould, iv. pi. 84; Math, 
vii. pi. 349 ; Emu, xx. pi. 10, iramat.) 
Cuculus fncatus Peale, U.S. Expl. Exped., Birds, vol. viii. p. 136, 1848, in or 
before Oct.: Sooloo Islands. 
Cuculus brachyrhynchos Brehm, Allg. Deutsche, Nat. Zeit. ser. ii. vol. ii. p. 457, 
1856: Japan. 
