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Coccyziis minor Cory, Birds Bahama Is., 1880, 117 (New Providence I.); Auk, 

 iu, 1SS6, 365, part (Bahamas); Birds West Ind., 1889, 160, part (Bahamas). 



C[occyzus] maynardi Htdg-way, Man. N. Am. Birds, Sept. 27, 1887, 274 (Ten 

 Thousand Islands, Florida; coll. U. S. Nat. Mus.). 



Coccyzus maynardi Ridgway, Man. N. Am. Birds, 1887, 591. — Coey, Auk, v, 1888, 

 159; viii, 1891, 394 (Inagua I., Bahamas; descr. abnormally colored speci- 

 men). —Chapman, Auk, V, 1888, 396.— (?) Nicoll, Ibis, 1904, 584 (Grand 

 CajTnan).— Verrill (A. E. and A. H.), Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1909, 359 

 (San Lorenzo, Santo Domingo). 



[Coccyzm] maynardi Sharpe, Hand-list, ii, 1900, 163. 



Coccygus maynardi Cory, Birds West Ind., 1889, 296. 



Cocqjzus minor maynardi Ajiericak Orxithologists' Union Committee, Suppl. 

 to Check List, 1889, 9; Check List, 2d ed., 1895, no. 386a; 3d ed., 1910, 

 181. — Scott, Auk, vi, 1889, 250 (Key West, Florida, breeding). — Northrop, 

 Auk, viii, 1891, 75 (Andros I., Bahamas). — Cory, Auk, \Tii, 1891, 294 (New 

 Pro\'idence I.), 295 (Berry Islands), 297 (Caicos Islands), 351 (Eleuthera I.; 

 Inagua I.); ix, 1892, 48 (Watling I.); Cat. West Ind. Birds, 1892, 102, 141, 

 part (Berry, Eleuthera, New Providence, Andros, Watling, Rum Cay, 

 North Caicos, Grand Caicos, East Caicos, and Great Inagua islands, Bahamas; 

 Grand Caj-man).— Ridgway, Auk, viii, 1891, 336 (Eleuthera I.), 337 (Wat- 

 ling I.), 338 (Rum Cay).— Bendire, Life Hist. N. Am. Birds, ii, 1895, 19.— 

 BoNHOTE, Ibis, 1899, 515 (New Providence I.; habits); 1903, 294 (New Pro\-l- 

 dence I.; habits). — Bangs, Auk, xviii, 1900, 288 (New Pro^'idence I.; descr. 

 young). — Riley, Smithson. !Misc. Coll., vol. 47, no. 8, 1904, 285; Auk, xxii, 

 1905, 355 (New Providence I.; Long I.). — ^Todd, Ann. Carnegie Mus., vii, 

 1911, 420 (Great Inagua; Watling I.; Abaco I.; crit.). — Worthington, 

 Ann. Carnegie Mus., vii, 1911, 453 (Acklin I., etc., Bahamas). — Ramsden, 

 Auk, xxix, 1912, 393 (Manati, Guantanamo, Cuba, 1 spec, March 9, 1912; 

 Los Cafios, Guantanamo, 1 spec, March 26, 1911). 



C{o(xyms\ minor maynardi Ridgway, Man. N. Am. Birds, 2d ed., 1896, 274. — 

 Bangs, Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., xx, 1907, 53, 54, in text. 



[Cocqjzus] minor subsp. maynardi Forbes and Robinson, Bull. Liverpool Mus., 

 i, no. 2, 1898, 40. 



COCCYZUS MINOR NESIOTES (Cabanis). 



JAMAICAN MANGEOVE CT7CK00. 



Similar to C. m. minor, but pileum more grayish, especially on 

 forehead; subauricular and (usually) suborbital regions, malar region, 

 chin, throat, and chest more or less distinctly tinged \^4th pale gray 

 and (usually, at least) decidedly lighter in color than under parts of 

 body; similar also to C. m. maynardi but more deeply colored below, 

 the under parts of body, etc., much deeper buflFy, and the chest, fore- 

 neck, and throat distinctly buffy. 



Adult rWe.— Length (skins), 268-320 (291); wing, 125-145 

 (132.6); tail, 148-174.5 (161.1); exposed culmen, 24.5-30 (27.5); 

 tarsus, 25-30 (28.1); outer anterior toe, 17.5-20.5 (18.9).'* 



o Thirty-seven specimens. 



