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been reported, though there has been extensive field work in the region 

 beyond. 



Order CUCULIFORMES 

 Family CUCULIDAE, Cuckoos, Roadrunners, and Anis 



COCCYZUS AMERICANUS AMERICANUS (Linnaeus) 



Yellow-billed Cuckoo 

 Cuculus americanus Linnaeus, Syst. Nat., ed. 10, vol. 1, 1758, p. Ill (Carolina). 



At La Cienaga, Dominican Republic, 15 kilometers south of Bara- 

 hona, we saw one of these cuckoos on May 9. On Beata Island 

 several were heard calling on May 13 from the densest growths of 

 scrub, where they were difficult to approach. We finally collected a 

 pair and found the female about to lay. Possibly the species had just 

 arrived here in migration, since none had been recorded previously, 

 and we noted others on the two following days. One was seen near 

 Habanero on May 19, and on May 22 near Thomazeau and May 23 

 near L'Arcahaie, Haiti, we heard cuckoos calling that we supposed to 

 be this species. 



The two taken have the following measurements: Male, wing 134.8, 

 tail 134.5, culmen from base 25.1, tarsus 25 mm; female, wing 141.2, 

 tail 139.3, culmen from base 27.2, tarsus 24.5 mm. 



COCCYZUS MINOR TERES Peters 



Mangrove Cuckoo 



Coccyzus minor teres Peters, Proc. New England Zool. Club, vol. 9, June 24, 1927, 

 p. 112 (Sosiia, Dominican Republic). 



On lie a Vache, Haiti, two mangrove cuckoos were seen on April 28, 

 and a breeding male was taken. Another was observed on April 30. 

 At Jacmel and at Gressier single birds were recorded on May 5. 



SAUROTHERA LONGIROSTRIS LONGIROSTRIS (Hermann) 



Hispaniolan Lizard-cuckoo 



Cuculus longirostris Hermann, Tabula affinitatum animalium, 1783, p. 186 

 (Hispaniola). 



This common species was recorded regularly throughout the course 

 of our work, being seen wherever there was proper cover for it. In 

 the La Hotte region it was fairly common, ranging to 1,700 meters but 

 not being observed beyond that point, though rain-forest conditions 

 above were suitable for it and it may be found at the higher altitudes 

 with more prolonged observation. Three specimens were taken here, 

 two females and a male. The former are decidedly darker brown on 

 the throat and darker gray on the crown than any others seen from 

 elsewhere in Hispaniola, but in the male the throat is lighter. At 



