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BULLETIN 50, UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. 



Adult female.— Length (skins), 291-330 (313); wing, 133.5-147.5 

 (140.7); tail, 152-178 (162.7); exposed culmen, 27-30 (28.7); tarsus, 

 27-30 (29.1); outer anterior toe, 19-20.5 (20) .« 



Islands of Barbuda and Antigua, Lesser Antilles; Montserrat?; 

 Swan Island, Caribbean Sea. 



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

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



Coceyzus 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, 234 (An- 

 tigua), 240 (Barbuda); i, 1879, 487, part (Antigua; Barbuda).— Cory, Auk, 

 iii, 1886, 365, part; viii, 1891, 47 (Antigua); Birds West Ind., 1889, 160, part; 

 Cat. West Ind. Birds, 1892, 102, part (Antigua; Barbuda). — Ridgway, Proc. 

 TJ. S. Nat. Mus., x, 1888, 577 (Swan I.). — Salvin and Godman, Biol. Centr.- 

 Am., Aves, ii, 1896, 523, part (West Indies, part; Swan I.). 



(?) Coceyzus minor Sclater, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1879, 765 (Montserrat). — 

 Grisdale, Ibis, 1882, 491 (Montserrat; habits). — Cory, Cat. West Ind. 

 Birds, 1892, 102, part (Montserrat). 



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

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



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



Coceyzus minor nesiotes (not Coccygus nesiotes Cabanis) Riley, Smithson. Misc. 

 Coll., xlvii, Nov. 8, 1904, 285, part (Barbuda; Antigua; Swan I.; crit.). 



Coceyzus minor rileyi Ridgway, Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., xxviii, May 27, 1915, 105 

 (Barbuda, Lesser Antilles; coll. U. S. Nat. Mus.). 



COCCYZUS MINOR VINCENTIS Clark. 



ST. VINCENT MANGROVE CUCKOO. 



Similar in coloration to C. m. nesiotes but much larger; similar also 

 to C. m. abhotti, but averaging slightly darker and with bill larger 

 and much stouter. 



Adult maZe.— Length (skins), 308-323 (314); wing, 142-152 

 (146.2); tail, 169-174 (171); exposed culmen, 30-32 (30.8); tarsus, 

 30.5-31.5 (30.8); outer anterior toe, 19.5-22 (20.7).^ 



a Twelve specimens. 



& Three specimens. 



Locality. 



Outer 



anterior 



toe. 



MALES. 



Two adult males from Barbuda 



Nine adult males from Antigua 



Two adult males from Swan Island .. 



FEMALES 



Two adult females from Barbuda 



Nine adult females from Antigua 



One adult female from Swan Island. . 



20.5 

 20.3 

 20 



20.5 

 19.9 

 20 



