BIRDS OF NORTH AND MIDDLE AMERICA. 

 COCCYZUS MINOR GRENADENSIS Bangs. 



GRENADA MANGROVE CUCKOO. 



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Similar to C. m. vincentis but averaging decidedly paler (slightly 

 paler than C. m. nesiotes, more nearly like O. m. maynardi), and bill 

 slightly smaller. 



Adult male.— Length, (skins), 287-320 (303); wing, 134-146 (138); 

 tail, 158.5-174 (166.6); exposed cuhnen, 28.5-32.5 (30.9); tarsus, 

 27-33 (30); outer anterior toe, 18.5-22 (20.5).« 



Adult female. — Length (skins), 282-321 (301); wing, 134.5-144 

 (139); tail, 161-176 (165.2); exposed culmen, 29.5-32.5 (30.4); tar- 

 sus, 28.5-31 (29.8); outer anterior toe, 20-20.5 (20.1).^ 



Islands of Grenada and the Grenadines (Union; Bequia; Canonan; 

 Carriacou), Lesser Antilles. 



Coccyzus seniculus (not Cuculus scnicidus Latham) Sclater, Proc. Zool. Soc. 



Lond., 1864, 121, part (monogr.). 

 Coccyzus minor (not Cuculus minor Gmelin) Sclater, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 



1870, 166, part (monogr.). — Baird, Brewer, and Ridgway, Hist. N. Am. 



Birds, ii, 1874, 482, part. — Lawrence, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., i, 1878, 272 



(Grenada; habits); i, 1879, 487, part (Grenada).— Wells, Proc. U. S. Nat. 



Mus., ix, 1887, 620 (Grenada; food, etc.); Auk, xix, 1902, 344 (Carriacou, 



breeding).— Cory, Auk, iii, 1886, 365, part; Birds West Ind., 1889, 160, part; 



Cat. West Ind. Birds, 1892, 102, part (Bequia; Canonan; Union; Carriacou; 



Grenada). — Salvin and Godman, Biol. Centr.-Am., Aves, ii, 1896, 523, part 



(West Indies, part). — Nicoll, Ibis, 1904, 565 (Grenada; crit.). 

 [Coccyzus] minor Sclater and Salvin, Nom. Av. Neotr., 1873, 108, part. — Sharpe, 



Hand-list, ii, 1900, 163, part. 

 Coccyzus minor minor Clark (A. H.), Proc. Bost. Soc. N. H., xxxii, 1905, 263 



(Grenada and Grenadines; crit.; habits; descr. nest and eggs). 

 [Coccyg^is] minor Cory, List Birds West Ind., 1885, 19, part. 

 Coccyzus minor dominicx (not C. dominicx Shelley) Cory, Cat. West Ind. Birds, 



1892, 102, part (Grenada). 

 Coccyzus minor grenadaisis Basgs, Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., xx, Apr. 18, 1907, 53 



(Union Island, Grenadines; coll. E. A. and O. Bangs). 



1957°— Bull. 50, pt 7—16- 



