524 CUCULIDZ. 
p- 47°; Sumichrast, La Nat. v. p. 2397; Ridgw. Pr. U.S. Nat. Mus. x. p. 577°; xvi. 
p- 518°; Salv. Ibis, 1889, p.3727°; 1890, p. 88"; Cherrie, Pr. U.S. Nat. Mus. xiv. p. 536; 
Auk, 1892, p. 826"°; Shelley, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. xix. p. 304, t. 12. f.2; Cory, Birds 
W. Indies, p. 102’°; Richmond, Pr. U. S. Nat. Mus. xvi. p. 518”. 
Coccyzus seniculus, Vieill. Enc. Méth. iii. p. 1846'7; Nutting, Pr. U.S. Nat. Mus. v. p. 401"; vi. 
pp. 376", 388”. 
Supra fusco-griseus, neo vix micans, capite summo grisescentiore ad frontem pure plumbeo, loris vix obscuri- 
oribus, stria lata utrinque infra oculos (tectricibus auricularibus includente) nigra; subtus fulvidus, gula 
antica albescente ; alis et caudex rectricibus mediis dorso concoloribus, his ad apicem nigricantibus, rectri- 
cibus reliquis nigris, macula alba terminali notatis, subalaribus et remigibus intus fulvidis; rostro nigri- 
cante, mandibula infra ad basin flavida; pedibus plumbeis. Long. tota circa 12-0, ale 5:3, caude rectr. 
med. 6°5, rectr. lat. 4°3, rostri a rictu 1-2, tarsil:1. (Descr. exempl. ex Cozumel I., Yucatan. Mus. nostr.) 
Sexus similes. 
Hab. Nortu America, Louisiana, Florida, Key West *.—Muxico, Tampico (W. B. 
Richardson), Dos Arroyos (Mrs. H. H. Smith), 'Tapana, Cacoprieto (Sumichrast *), 
Temax, Izamal, Buctzotz, Cozumel I.1°(G. F. Gaumer); Satvapor, La Libertad 
(W. B. Richardson); Honpuras, Ruatan I. (G. F Gawmer!), Puerto Cabello 
(G. M. Whitely*); Nicaragua, Chinandega (W. B. Richardson), San Juan del 
Sur 19, Sucuya?? (Nutting), Greytown (Richmond 1%); Costa Rica, Punta Arenas 
(Boucard®), La Palma (Nutting }8), San José (Cherrie 2 13); Panama, Chiriqui 
(Capt. Kellett & Lieut. Wood).—Sovurn Amenica, from Colombia and Venezuela to 
Guiana / and the Lower Amazons 14; AnrILLEs generally 15, Swan Island 8. 
This Cuckoo may be easily recognized by the fulvous colouring of its under surface, 
by the dark patch over the ears, by the orange base of the mandible, ard by the distinct 
white ends to the lateral rectrices. Both C. americanus and C. erythrophthalmus have 
the under surface white, and the latter a wholly black bill and indistinct marks at the 
end of the lateral rectrices. C. melanocoryphus of South America has a fulvous under 
surface, but the bill is wholly black. 
The range of C. minor may be generally defined as extending over nearly the whole 
of the West-Indian Islands and the countries surrounding the western and southern 
shores of the Caribbean Sea. It has also been found sparingly in Florida and 
Louisiana. In Central America, though widely dispersed from Tampico to Panama, 
and even to the shores of the Pacific, it is nowhere common, and we have traced its 
range by degrees from a few specimens that have come before us from time to time in 
the various collections we have examined. Whether it is a resident or a migrant 
within our area we are unable to say, but probably, from what we know of its congeners, 
some periodic change of its residence takes place at times. The name “ Mangrove 
Cuckoo,” by which it is known in the United States, implies that it isa bird of the 
mangrove swamps of the sea-shore, and it would seem that such places are its chief 
resort, but from Dr. Gaumer’s records, as well as those of other collectors, it occurs 
in inland localities as well. Mr. Cherrie states that besides frequenting both coasts of 
