CUCUI3ALUS DRABA.. Gcertner. A plant of ,bo alpine vegetation of Kedarnath.—Ilemeister. CUCULID2E, the cuckoo family of birds, is tho tribe Scansores. Their outer toe is versa Me, usually turned back. They mostly live on meets, a few on fruit. Solite hatch their own ,ggs in nests constructed by themselves, others leposit their eggs in the nests of other birds. Phis family is divided as under :— Cuculinm, .S1c. C. Himalayanus, Vigo/v. Prue cuokoos, parasite O. poliocephalus Latham. cuckoos. C. Sonneratii, fathom. nenlus canorus, Linn., C. microptcrus, Gould.
Europe. , C. striatus, Drcrpim Ilierococcyx varium, nal. O. afer of Africa.
11 nisicolor, Hodgson. Eudynambs orientalts. L.
II. sparverioldee, Vigors. K 'N. Zealand.
Polyphasia nigra, Myth. Zanelostornus triads, Las.
I'. tcnuirostris, Gray. Z. virklirostris, 'triton.
P. Inerulina, Malayana. Z. Javanlens, Burma.
Surniculus dicruroides, Z. Sumatranus.
Hodgson. Z. diardl of Malacca.
S. lugnbris, Horsfield. Phosnicophaus pyrrhocc• Chrysococeyx Hodgsoni, phalus, Ceylon.
Moore. P. curvirostris, Burma.
C. lucidus of Australia. P. callirhyncbue.
C. xanthorhyuchus, Horsf.
O. Malayanus. Sub-Fum. Con tropodinse.
C. Basalis. Centropus ruflpcnnis, 171.
Coccystcs rnelanolettcos, O. viridli, Scopoli.
Gnielin. Taccocua sirkce„ Gray.
C. coroinandus, Linn. T. Leschonaultil, Lesson.
C. glandaritts. T. infuscata, Bleh.
C. Emmaus of Africa. T. attinis, /3/jith.
Cuculus canons is the cuckoo of Europe, Asia, Africa, Malay countries, and common in the Himalaya, visiting the plains (luring the cold season. The noisy koel is remarkable for the dissimilar colours of the sexes, and for parasiti cally laying in the nests of the crow. The coucol, or crow-pheasant, is another noisy and con spicuous bird wherever thero is a little jungle. Phmnieophaus eallirhynchus is one of the finest known cuckoos. Its bill is of a brilliant yellow, red, and black.—Jerdon. See Birds.