_Cuculus telephonus_ Heine, Journ. f. Ornith., 1863, p. 332. (Type locality, Japan.) _Cuculus canorus_ Hartlaub and Finsch, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1872, pp. 89, 100 (Pelew); Finsch, Journ. Mus. Godeffroy, 8, 1875, pp. 4, 12 (Palau); Wiglesworth, Abhandl. und Ber. Zool. Mus. Dresden, no. 6, 1890-1891 (1891), p. 10 (Pelew); Takatsukasa and Kuroda, Tori, 1, 1915, p. 63 (Pelew). _Cuculus canorus telephonus_ Kuroda, in Momiyama, Birds Micronesia, 1922, p. 57 (Pelew); Hand-list Japanese Birds, rev., 1932, p. 181 (Palau); Hand-list Japanese Birds, 3d ed., 1942, p. 201 (Palau); Mayr, Birds Southwest Pacific, 1945, p. 302 (Palau). _Geographic range._--Breeds in northeastern Asia and Japan. Winters south to India, Malaysia, and Melanesia. In Micronesia: Palau Islands--exact locality not given. _Remarks._--The Common Cuckoo is a straggler on winter migration to the Palau Islands. =Cuculus saturatus horsfieldi= Moore Oriental Cuckoo _Cuculus horsfieldi_ Moore, in Moore and Horsfield, Cat. Birds Mus. Hon. East-India Co., 2, 1856-58 (1857), p. 703. (Type locality, Java.) _Cuculus striatus_ Hartlaub and Finsch, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1872, pp. 89, 100 (Pelew); Finsch. Journ. Mus. Godeffroy, 8, 1875, pp. 4, 12 (Palau); Takatsukasa and Kuroda, Tori, 1, 1915, p. 63 (Pelew). _Cuculus intermedius_ Wiglesworth. Abhandl. und Ber. Zool. Mus. Dresden, no. 6, 1890-1891 (1891), p. 10 (Pelew). _Cuculus optatus optatus_ Kuroda, in Momiyama, Birds Micronesia, 1922, p. 57 (Pelew); Hand-list Japanese Birds, rev., 1932, p. 181 (Palau). _Cuculus saturatus horsfieldi_ Hand-list Japanese Birds, 3d ed., 1942, p. 201 (Babelthuap, Koror); Mayr, Birds Southwest Pacific, 1945, p. 302 (Palau). _Geographic range._--Breeds in eastern Asia and Japan. Winters south to India, Malaysia, and Melanesia. In Micronesia: Palau Islands--Babelthuap, Koror. _Remarks._--The Oriental Cuckoo reaches the Palau Islands as a winter visitor. On November 11 and 25 of 1931, Coultas obtained four immature birds at Palau near taro swamps. The natives told him that the cuckoo visited the islands each year from December to June. On September 21 at Angaur the NAMRU2 party saw one bird which may have been this cuckoo. =Eudynamis taitensis= (Sparrman) Long-tailed New Zealand Cuckoo _Cuculus taitensis_ Sparrman, Mus. Carls., fasc, 2, 1787, pl. 32. (No type locality = Tahiti.) _Eudynamis tahitiensis_ Gräffe, Journ. Mus. Godeffroy, 2, 1873, p. 123 (Yap).