Cory on the Birds of the West Indies. ^59 



Pr. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist. VII, p. 307 (i860).— Gundl. Repert. Fis- 

 ico-Nat. Cuba, I, p. 296 (1S66) ; ib. J. f. O. 1S74, p. 15S.— Gray, 

 Handl. Bds. II, p. 20S (1S70).— ScL. & Salv. Nom. Avium Neotr. 

 p. 107 (1873).— Cory, List Bds. W. I. p. 18 (1885). 

 Coccygus 7nefh'ni Scm,E.G. Mus. Pajs-Bas, I, p. 40 (1864). 



Sp. Char. — Very large. The head and back brown, with a tinge of olive, 

 brightest on the head and rump ; throat dull ashj Avhite, shading 

 distinctly ashy on the breast; rest of underparts pale chestnut 

 brown ; under surface of wings rufous ; pale chestnut on the under 

 coverts; primaries dark chestnut rufous, tipped with olive, showing 

 slight metallic reflections ; wing-coverts pale olive ; two central tail- 

 feathers dull olive, showing a brownish tinge on basal portions ; 

 rest of tail-feathers dull olive, showing a brownish tinge slightly on 

 the inner webs, and having a subterminal band of black, tipped 

 with white. 



Length, 21; wing, 7.25; tail, 12; tarsus, 1.50; bill, 2. 

 Habitat. Cuba. 



Saurothera bahamensis Bryant. 



Saurothera vetula Bryant, Pr. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist. VII, p. 106 (1S59). 

 Saurothera bahamensis Bryant, Pr. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist. IX, p. 2S0 



(1S64).— Cory, Bds. Bahama I. p. 116 (18S0) ; ib. List Bds. W. I. p. 



18 (1885). 



Sp. Char. Male: — Above pale olive, showing slight greenish reflections ; 

 throat and breast dull grayish white; belly and crissum tawny; 

 primaries mostly rufous ; tail-feathers, except the two central ones, 

 tipped with pale brownish white ; legs slaty blue ; soles of the feet 

 yellow; eyelids vermillion red; upper mandible brownish, shading 

 into slate color at the base ; iris brown. 

 The sexes are similar. 



Length, iS; wings, 6.25; tail, 9.50; tarsus, 1.50; bill, 1.80. 

 Habitat. Bahamas. 



Genus Coccyzus Vieill. 



Cor.cyzus Vieillot, Analyse, p. 28, 1S16. 



Coccyzus americanus (Linn.). 



Cuculiis amcricanns Lixx. Syst. Nat. I, p. 170 (1766). 



Coccyzus curolineiisis D'Orb. in La Sagra's Hist. Nat. Cuba, Ois. p. 150 



(1S40). 

 Coccyzus americanus Gosse, Bds. Jam. p. 279 (1847). — A. & E. Newtox, 



Ibis, 1S59, P- M<^ (St. Croix). — Brewer, Pr. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist. 



