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fiir Orn., 1862, 202 (Jamaica).— Coues, Check List, 1873, no. 292.— Ridgway, 



Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., iii, 1880, 190; Nom. N. Am. Birds, 1881, no. 386. 

 [CoccyziLs] seniculus Bonaparte, Consp. Av., i, 1850, 111, part. — Coues, Key N. 



Am. Birds, 1872, 190. 

 Cocajgus seniculus Coues, Check List, 2d ed., 1882, no. 430. 

 C[occygus] seniculus Coues, Key N. Am. Birds, 2d ed., 1884, 476. 

 Erythrophnjs seniculus Bonaparte, Geog. and Comp. LLst, 1838, 40. 

 (?) [Coccyzwi] dominicus (not Cuculus dominicus Linnaeus?) Bonaparte, Consp. 



Av., i, 1850, 112 (Santo Domingo; based on Cuculus dominicensis Brisson, 



Orn., iv, pL 9, fig. 2; described as having black bill!). 

 Coccyzus dominicus Salle, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1857, 234 (Santo Domingo). — 



ScLATER, Cat. Am. Birds, 1862, 323 (Santo Domingo; Jamaica). 

 Coccyzus minor dominicensis Bowdish, Auk, xix, 1902, 364 (Porto Rico, breeding). 

 C[occygus] nesiotes Cabanis, Mus. Hein., iv. Heft 1, Nov., 1862, 78, footnote 



(Greater Antilles, in summer wandering to Florida). 

 Coccyzus nesiotes Sclater, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1864, 121, part (monogr.). — 



Taylor, Ibis, 1864, 170 (Porto Rico; descr. egg). 

 [Coccyzus] nesiotes Gray, Hand-list, ii, 1870, 210, no. 8918. 

 Coccyzus seniculus var. nesiotes Coues, Birds Northwest, 1874, 276, footnote 



(synonymy). 

 Coccyzus minor nesiotes Riley, Smithson. Misc. Coll., vol. 47, Nov. 8, 1904, 285, 



part (Haiti; Jamaica; Grand Cayman [?]; Mona; Porto Rico; Vieques; St. 



Thomas; crit.). — Todd, Ann. Carnegie Mus., vii, 1911, 420, in text. 

 C[occyzu^] minor nesiotes Bangs, Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., xx, 1907, 53, 54, in text. 

 (?) Coccyzus minor tnaynardi (not C. maynardi Ridgway?) Cory, Cat. West Ind 



Birds, 1892, 102, part (Grand Cayman).— Lowe, Ibis, 1911, 149 (Grand 



Cayman). 

 Coccyzus minor maynardi Cory, Cat. West Ind. Birds, 1892, 102, part (Jamaica; 



Haiti; Porto Rico). 

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



1892, 102, part (Porto Rico). 

 [Coccyzus] dominicx Sharpe, Hand-lLst, ii, 1900, 163, part (Porto Rico). 



COCCYZUS MINOR RILEYI Ridgway. 



RILEY'S MANGROVE CtrCKOO. 



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

 to C. m. vincentis but smaller, color of upper parts slightly grayer, 

 and bill narrower (in lateral profile) and decidedly more compressed. 



Adult male. —Length (sldns), 278-330 (305); wing, 127-141 (134.7); 

 tail, 156-175 (162.9); exposed culmen, 28-30.5 (29.1); tarsus, 27-31 

 (29.5); outer anterior toe, 19-21.5 (20.3).* 



a Thirteen specimens. 



