12, coccYztrs. 309 



pi. G8 (1883) ; Coue.<, Kei/ X. Am. B. p. 470 (1884) ; Dreio, Auk, 



ii. p. 17 (188.">) ; Agershonj, t. c. p. 283 ; Timier, Pr. U. S. Nat. 



3fus. viii. p. 242 (1885); liidi/iv. Pr. U. 8. Nut. Mils. ix. p. 1G2 



(1886); A. O. U. Clwck-li.st,' •^. 208 (1886); GirjUoli, Av. Ital. 



p. 211 (1886); Breivsfer, Auk, iii. p. 104 (1886) ; Salmd. Elenc. 



Ucc. Ital. p. 73 (1887) ; liklgto. Man. N. Am. B. p. 273 (1887) ; 



Davison, Auk, v. p. 263 (1888) ; Williwjton, Ibis, 1888, p. 468 ; 



Warren, B. Pennsyl. p. 119 (1888); Salv. Ibis, 1889, p. 372; 



Feilden, t. c. p. 486 ; Everm. Auk, vi. p. 22 (1889) ; Jeferies, t. c. 



p. 120; Scott, t.c. p. 2o0; Pindar, t. c. p. 313; Sell i!) Hudson, 



Arr/mt. Orn. ii. p. 37 (1889). 

 Ciiculus cinerosus, Werner, Atlas, Zygod. pi. 4 (1827). 

 Piaya americana, Less. Traite, p. 142 (1831). 

 Cureus americanus, Boie, Ms, 1831, p. 541, 1832, p. 991, pi. 26; 



Bi^. Cat. Ucc. Eur. p. .50 (1842). 

 Cuculus ciuerosus, Temm. Man. Orn. iii. p. 277 (1835). 

 Erythroplirj's carolineiisis. Swains. Class. B. ii. p. 322 (1837). 

 Erythroplirys americanus, Pp. Comj}. List B. Eur. Sf N. Am. p. 40 



(1838). 

 Coccystes americanus. Keys. ^- Bias. Wirb. Eur. p. 34 (1840). 

 Coccyzus carolinensis, D'Orb. in Sagra's Hist. Nat. Cuba, Ois. p. 150 



(1840). 

 Piaya dominica. Gray, Gen. B. ii. p. 457 (1846). 

 Coccyzus dominicus, Bj). Consp. I p. 112 (1850) ; Scl. P. Z. 8. 1857, 



p. 234 ; Baird, Pr. Ac. Philad. 1863, p. 64 ; March, t. c. p. 154. 

 Coccyzus flavirostris, Gloy. J. f. O. 1854, p. 223, note. 

 Coccvstes julieni. Later. Ann. Li/c. N. Y. viii. p. 42 (1864). 

 Coccyzus bairdi, Sd. P. Z. S. 1864, p. 120 ; Grai/, Hand-l. B. ii. 



p. 211, no. 8923 (1870); Pelz. Orn. Bras. p. 273 (1871); Scl. 



P. Z. S. 1872, p. 496. 

 Coccyzus julieni, Gray, Hand-l. B. ii. p. 211, no. 8924 (1876). 

 Coccyzus euleri. Cab. J. f. O. 1873, p. 73. 



Adult. Above brown, slightly glossed with olive on the mantle 

 and centre tail-feathers ; remainder of the tail dusky black with 

 broad white ends ; quills rufous, browner on their outer webs, and 

 with broadish brown terminal portion ; sides of the forehead and 

 eyebrows slightly washed with grey ; ear-coverts generally rather 

 darker brown than the crown ; checks and entire iinderparts white; 

 under wing-coverts Avhite, very slightly tinted with buff ; under 

 surface of the quills as above, only paler, especially towards tho 

 coverts : upper mandible dark horn, pale below the nostrils, lower 

 mandible orange-yellow with a dark tip ; iris dark brown ; legs 

 leaden grey- Total length 11 inches, culmen 1, wing 5*5, tail 6, 

 tarsus 1. 



Hah. The greater part of temperate North America, Central 

 America, and the Antilles, ranging as far south as the Argentine 

 llepublie. Found as a straggler in Europe. 



a. S ad. siv. Kenwood, 111., Aug. (II. K. R. B. Sharpe, Esq. 



Coale). [P.]. 



h. Ad. sk. Euglewood, III, Sept. {E. W. Hensbaw Coll. 



Nelson). [F^.-G.l. 



9 iid. sk. Locust Grove, N. Y., Julv( C. L. Henshaw Coll. 



" ■ • [S.-G.]. 



