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ish white, becoming horn color or dusky on culmen and basal portion 

 of maxilla (sometimes on basal portion of mandible also) ; bare 

 orbital space red (in Ufe) ; iris brown; legs and feet dusky horn color 

 (in dried skins). 



Young. — Similar to adults but rectrices without a well-defined 

 subterminal area and the white tip much more restricted, much duller 

 white. 



Adult maZe.— Length (skins), 480-539 (510); wing, 165-185.5 

 (174.1); tail, 272-327 (303.5); exposed culmen, 50-55 (52.6); tarsus, 

 40.5-46 (43.6); outer anterior toe, 25-29.5 (26.4).° 



Adult female. — Length (skins), 489-544 (517); wing, 170-187 

 (177); tail, 295-331 (306.8) ; exposed culmen, 51.5-60.5 (54.1); 

 tarsus, 41-47 (45.1); outer anterior toe, 25.5-30.5 (27.6).^ 



Island of Cuba (Guantanamo Bay; El Guama; Guama; Santiago; 

 Cabo de San Antonio ; Monte Verde ; Holguin ; Trinidad ; San Diego 

 de los Banos; Figuabas; San Cristobal), 



Saurolhcra merlini D'Orbigny, in La Sagra's Hist. Nat. Cuba, Ois., 1839, 152, pi. 

 25. — Lafresnaye, Hev. Zool., 1847, 359. — Cabanis, Jouni. fiir Orn., 1856, 

 104 (crit.). — GuNDLACH, Journ. Bost. Soc. N. H., vi, 1857, 319; Repert. 

 Fisico-Nat. Cuba, i, 1866, 296; Journ. fiir Orn., 1874, 158 (habits); Orn. 

 Cubana, ed. 1895, 146.— Brewer, Proc. Bost. Soc. N. H., vii, 1860, 307.— 

 Cory, Auk, iii, 1886, 363; Birds West Ind., 1889, 158; Cat. West lud. Birds, 

 1892, 11, 102, 128.— Shelley, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., xix, 1891, 370 (San Cris- 

 tobal, Cuba).— Chapman, Bull. Am. Mus. N. H., iv, 1892, 298 (near Trinidad, 

 s. Cuba).— Menegaux, Rev. Fran?. d'Orn., no. 2, 1909, 24 (Figuabas, e. 

 Cuba). 



S[aurothera] merlini Gray, Gen. Birds, ii, 1847, 452. — Bonaparte, Consp. Av., i, 

 1850, 97.— Cabanis and Heine, Mus. Hein., iv. Heft i, 1863, 91. 



[Saurothera] merlini Gundlach, Journ. fiir Orn., 1861, 334. — Gray, Hand-list, ii, 

 1870, 208, no. 8899.— Sclater and Salvin, Nom. Av. Neotr., 1873, 107.— 

 Cory, List Birds West Ind., 1885, 18.— Sharpe, Hand-list, ii, 1900, 169. 



Coccygus merlini Schlegel, Mus. Pays-Bas, i, no. 25 (Cuculi), 1864, 40. 



SAUROTHERA MERLINI DECOLOR Bangs and Zappey. 



ISLE OF PINES CUCKOO. 



Similar to S. m. merlini but much smaller (except feet), and colora- 

 tion paler (especially the under parts) and grayer. 



Adult male.— Longth. (skins), 445-490 (467); wing, 160-172.5 

 (167.5); tail, 247-278 (264.7); exposed culmen, 49-53 (50.7); tarsus, 

 40.5-44.5 (42.6); outer anterior toe, 24.5-28 (26).*' 



Adult jemale. — Length (skins), 417-474 (454); wing, 155-178.5 

 (167.8); tail, 234-270 (255.7); exposed culmen, 47-52 (49.7); tarsus, 

 39-45.5 (42.7); outer anterior toe, 24-26 (25.2).'^ 



Isle of Pines, Cuba (Callebonita; La Vega; Hospital; Managua). 



Saurothera merlini decolor Bangs and Zappey, Am. Nat., xxxix, April, 1905, 199 

 (La Vega, Isle of Pines, Cuba; coll. E. A. and O. Bangs). 



" Eleven specimens. 6 Ten specimens. <= Three specimens. <* Four specimens. 



