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Order PSITTACIFORMES 

 Family PSITTACIDAE, Parrots, Paroquets, and Macaws 



AMAZONA LEUCOCEPHALA LEUCOCEPHALA (Linnaeus) 



Cuban Parkot 



Psittacus leucocephalus Linnaeus, Syst. Nat., ed. 10, vol. 1, 1758, p. 100 (Cuba). 

 Two males and one female made into skins were taken on the Rio 

 Fabrico opposite Cayo Grande de Moa on March 6 and 7. Others 

 obtained were prepared as skeletons and alcoholics. The form of 

 this bird found on the island of Cuba proper is reputed to be growinf^ 

 steadily more rare. 



Order CUCULIFORMES 



Suborder CucuLi 



Family CUCULIDAE, Cuckoos, Roadrunners, and Anis 



COCCYZUS MINOR TERES Peters 



Mangkove Cuckoo 



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

 1927, p. 112 (Sosfia, Dominican Republic). 



A female was obtained at Palma, in the interior of Gonave Island 

 back of Anse a Galets, on March 23, and a male and a female were 

 secured on lie a Vache on April 27. The latter seem similar to birds 

 from the main island. 



SAUROTHERA MERLINI MERLINI d'Orbigny 



Cuban Lizard-cuckoo 



Satirothera merlini d'Orbigny, //( L;; Sagra, Ili.st. Fis. Pol. Nat. Isla de Cuba, 

 pt. 2, vol. Aves, 1839, p. 115, pi. 25 (Cuba). 



Skins were forwarded from Gibara on February 25 ; Tanamo on 

 March 2 ; and the Rio Moa opposite Cayo Grande de Moa on March 6. 



SAUROTHERA LONGIROSTRIS LONGIROSTRTS (Hermann) 

 HiSPANIOLAN LiZARD-OUCKOO 



Cuculus longirostris Hermann, Tab. Affin. Anim., 1783, p. 186 (Hispauiola). 



Male and female were taken at Bigie Bay on April 21. A male 

 secured near Baraderes on April 6 was prepared as a skeleton. 



