The evolutionary history of the avian genus Chrysococcyx.
Series: United States National Museum bulletin 265; Bulletin (United States National Museum) ;; 265.
Publisher: Smithsonian Institution Press
Published: 1968
Place of publication: Washington
Language: eng
Number of pages: 137
Subjects: Chrysococcyx.
Description: The genus Chrysococcyx is one of a number of genera of cuckoos that are brood parasites in their reproductive habits. Their phylogeny, differentiation, dispersal, and ethology -- all of which are reviewed in a comparative, yet detailed, way for the first time in this paper -- are of interest in themselves not only as a special "case history" in the development of parasitism, but also for the light they throw on the broad, general problems of evolution of parasitic reproduction in the cuckoos as a family and in birds in general.
Notes: Bibliography: p. 114-128.