274 NORTH AMERICAN BIRDS. 



ochraceous, often including even the throat ; wing 4.95-6.05 (5.40), 

 tail 6.45-7.95 (6.98), exposed culmen 1.00-1.22 (1.10), depth of bill 

 near base .35-47 (.40). Hah. West Indies in general (except Ba- 

 hamas) and borders of Caribbean Sea, from Guiana to Honduras ; 

 Key West ; coast of Louisiana. 



386. C. minor (Gbiel.). Mangrove Cuckoo.^ 

 (?. Smaller and with lower parts much paler in color ; posterior lower parts 

 buff (sometimes quite pale, and never approaching the deep ochra- 

 ceous tint of C. minor) ; anterior lower parts (chin, throat, and 

 chest) pale ashy, or grayish white, paler antei'iorly, the throat usu- 

 ally more oi- less tinged with buff; length 11.75-12.25, wing 5.05- 

 5.35 (5.23), tail 6.25-6.90 (6.65), exposed culmen 0.98-1.15 (1.06), 

 depth of bill near base 0.33-0.40 (0.36). Hah. Bahamas and 



Florida Keys — . C. maynardi Eidgw. Maynard's Cuckoo.'' 



a}. Bill without any yellow (basal portion of lower mandible leaden bluish in life) ; 

 adult with tail-feathers (except middle pair) grayish brown (with bronzy 

 green lustre on upper surface), narrowly tipped with white, this preceded 

 by a less distinct subterminal bar of dusky; young with white tips to tail- 

 fea;thers narrower and less distinct, the dusky subterminal bar obsolete. 

 Adult : Above bronzy grayish brown, with an olivaceous cast, becoming 

 grayish on forehead and lores ; chin and throat pale huffy grayish (some- 

 times more distinctly buffy) ; rest of lower parts white, faintly tinged on 

 breast and sides with grayish ; naked eyelids bright red in life. Young : 

 Above dull brown, with a coppery bronze lustre, becoming more gray- 

 ish or olivaceous on tail, but more rusty on wings, especially on quills ; 

 lower parts much as in adult; naked eyelids pale yellowish in life. 

 Nestling : Feathers of upper parts tipped with whitish. Length about 

 11.00-12.70, wing 5.12-5.65, tail 6.25-7.00. Eggs 2-4, 1.11 X -78, deep 

 glaucous-green or verditer-blue. Hab. Eastern North America, north to 

 Labrador and Manitoba, west to Eocky Mountains, south, in winter, to 

 West Indies, Middle America, and northern South America. 



388. C. erythrophthalmus (Wils.). Black-billed Cuckoo. 



1 Pure synonymes of this species are aenicidus Lath., helviventris Cab., dominicus Scl. (»iec Linn.), and nesi- 

 otes Cab. Coccyzus senicnhis of AuDUBON also belongs here, the supposed Floridan specimen given him by Mr. 

 Harris, and now before me, being this species and not the Bahama one (C. maynardi), which raises the suspicion 

 that it, like the specimens of Lampornis "mango" (i.e., violicauda) obtained from the same source, probably 

 came from Guiana. C. minor is divisible into several more or less strongly characterized local races, but I 

 shall not attempt such subdivision here. 



2 Dedicated to Mr. C. J. Maynard, the accomplished author of the " Naturalist's Guide" and " Birds of 

 Eastern North America," whose valuable descriptions of the birds of Florida — his special field of investigation — 

 include an interesting account of the peculiar haunts of this species. 



