CUCULIDxE — THE CUCKOOS — COCCYGUS. 



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Genus COCCYGUS, Vieillot. 



Cocajgus,V lEiLLOT, Analyse, 1816. 



Erylhrophri/s, Swainson, Class. Birds, II. 1837, 322. 



Gex. Char. Ile.-id without crest ; feathers about ba?e of bill soft ; bill nearly as long 

 as the head, deeurved, slender, and attenuated towards the end. Nostrils linear. Wings 



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lenj^thencd, reaching the mid.Ue of the tail ; the tertials short. Tail of ten graduated 

 feathers. Feet weak ; tarsi shorter than the middle toe. 



Several species iulialiit Tropical America. 



Coccygus Americanus, Ltxx.eus. 



THE YELLOW-SILLED CUCKOO. 



Cwnhis Amrrknnns, LiSN.EUS, Syst. Nat. I. 1 TGfi, 170, tO. — rom/7»s /Immrams, BosA- 

 PARTB, Obs. Wilson, 1825, No. 47. — Aunnsov, Orn. Bio-. L 1.8.12, IS ; V. .520 ; iil. 2. 

 In. Birds Amcr. IV. 1842, 29.3; pb 275. — Nuttall, Man. I. 2.1 «1. C.52. — Cocc^^us 

 AmericaiiKS, B.viiiD, P. R. Rep. Birds, IX. 70. 



Sp. Char. Ujiper mandible and tip of lower, black ; rest of lower mandible and cut- 

 ting edges of the upper yellow. Upper parts of a metallic greenish-olive, slightly tinged 

 with asdi towards the' bill ; beneath, white. Tail feathers (except the median, which are 

 like the back) black, tipiied with white for about an inch on the outer feathers, the exter- 

 nal one with the outer edge almost entirely white. Quills orange-cinnamon ; the terminal 



