522 GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF NEW JERSEY. 



ORDER CUCULI. 



(COCCYGES.) 



Family CUCULIDJE. 



Cuckoos. 



OOOCYZUS, Vieill. 



O. americanus, L. Yellow-billed Cuckoo. 



Bill yellow below ; wings with much cinnamon red ; middle 

 tail feathers like back, olive gray ; outer ones black, with broad 

 white tips. Length, 12 inches; tail, 6 inches. Inner and outer 

 toes turn back. 



"Makes its appearance in May, and remains till October. 

 Feeds exclusively upon insects, generally caterpillars. Builds a 

 loose nest of sticks, raising one brood only." 



C. erythrophthalmus, Wils. Black-billed Cuckoo. 



Bill chiefly black ; little or no red on wings ; tail feathers all 

 brownish, obscurely white at tips. Length, 11| inches; tail, 6^ 

 inches. 



" In its habits this cuckoo is similar to the above, but it is not 

 as abundant a species, and is apparently more shy and frequents- 

 less populated localities." 



Family ALCEDIXIDJE. 



Kingfishers. 



CERYLE, Boie. 



C. alcyon, L. Belted Kingfisher. 



Ashy blue above ; a band across breast, bluish in male, chest- 

 nut in female ; white below ; tail transversely spotted with white. 

 Length, 13 inches; tail, 3| inches; bill, 2 inches. 



