120 CUCULID^E, -, 



Coccyzus melanocoryphus ( Vidlh). 

 (Plate II. fig. 15.) 



Coccyzus melanocoryphus, Scl. ^ Huds. Argeyil. Orn. ii. p. 38 (1889) ; 

 Shelley, Cat. Birds B. M. xix. p. 307 (1891); Holland, Ibis, 189:^, 

 p. 203 ; Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 172 (1899) ; von Ihering, Rev. 

 Mus. Paulista, iv. p. 263 (1900) ; Shari^e, Rand-l. ii. p. 103 (1900). 



The eggs of the South-American Black-billed Cuckoo are of a 

 pale green colour. Examples measure from 1"12 to 1*21 in length, 

 and from -85 to '93 in breadth. 



3. Argentine Republic, Nov. A. H. Holland, Esq. [C.]. 



3. Argentine Republic. Crowley Bequest. 



Coccyzus americanus {Linn.). 



Coccyzus americanus, Thien. Fortpjlanz. ges. Vog, p. 87, tab. xv. fig. 5 

 (nee 6) (1845-54) ; Baedeker, Eier Eur. Vog. tab. 50. fig. 6 (18-55- 

 63) ; Dresser, Ibis, 1865, p. 467 ; id. Birds Eur. v. p. 227 (1876) ; 

 SeeboJim, Brit. Birds, ii. p. 390, pi. 68 (1884); Shel/ei/, Cat. Birds 

 B. M. xix. p. 308 (1891); Salv. S)- Godm. Biol. Centr.-Amer., Aves, 

 ii. p. 525 (1896) ; Bendire, Life-Hist. N. Amer. Birds, ii. p. 19, 

 pi. V. fig. 1 (1895) ; Seebohm, Eqgs of Brit. Birds, p. 175, pi. 49, 

 tig. 8 (1896) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. ii! p. 164 (1900). 



Coccygus americanus, Baird, Brewer Sf Ridgw. N. Amer. Birds, ii. p. 477 

 (1874). 



The eggs of the Yellow-billed Cuckoo are of a pale bluish-green 

 colour. They measure from 1-16 to l";i2 iu length, and from "87 

 to '96 in breadth. One exceptionally small example measures only 

 1-07 by -77. 



1. North America [Tristram Coll.). Crowley Bequest. 



1. North America {Henshaw Coll.). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



1. North America ( Whiteaves : Uargitt Seebohm Coll. 

 Coll.). 



4. Los Angeles, California, 10th June. W. Radcliffe Saunders, Esq. 



[P.]. 



3. Bexar, Texas [Knrgitt Cull.). Seebohm Coll. 



1. San Antonio, Texas (Z>r. Heer- Salvin-Godman Coll. 



mann). 



1. San Antonio, Jime(-ff. ^. 2)resser). Seebohm Coll. 



1. San Antonio {U. E. D.). Crowley Bequest. 



1. Rio Medina, Texas, 5th July Seebohm Coll. 



{H. E. D). 



2. Texas (H. E. D.). Seebohm Coll. 



1. Iowa. Crowley Bequest. 



2. Massachusetts (Tristram Coll.). Crowley Bequest. 



2. Gettysburg, Pennsylvania (.6. //ete; Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 Smiths, hist.). 



Coccyzus erythrophthalmus (Wils.). 



Coccygus erythrophthalmus, Baird, Brewer Sf Ridr/w. N. Amer. Birds, 



ii. p. 484 (1874). 

 Coccyzus erythrophthalmus, Dresser, Birds Eur. v. p. 231 (1876) ; 



S/tcUeij,\''at. Birds B. M. xix. p. 311 (1891); Bendire, Life-Hist. 



