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bird in rough, rocky country, wherever there is a thick growth of scrub 

 and bushes, and is very tame. It has a habit of hopping from one 

 branch to another till it reaches the top of a bush and then sailing 

 down to the ground or the lower branches of another bush. Its usual 

 call-note is a sort of laugh that begins low and slowly, and rapidly 

 ascending, ends in a low chuckle. When two individuals are within 

 sight of each other they often go through a curious performance, 

 which consists in lowering the head and dropping the feathers of the 

 throat which then looks like a large pouch, at the same time spreading 

 the wings and tail to their fullest extent and repeating the loud chuck- 

 ling notes that end the usual call. The stomachs of those taken con- 

 tained the remains of small lizards, beetles, caterpillars, and large 

 moths." It is a common species everywhere in the island, except 

 in the Cienaga. 



Coccyzus americanus (Linnaeus). Yellow-billed Cuckoo. 

 (?) "West Indian Yellow-billed Cuckoo" Read, Oologist, XXVIII, igu. i3 (I. 



of Pines), 114 (West McKinley); XXX, 1913, 131 (I. of Pines). 



This is the only species of this genus known to regularly visit Cuba, so that it 

 is presumably this form which is meant by Mr. Read under the above caption. He 

 speaks of having seen individuals on April 29, 1910, and March 3, 191 1, but, as 

 some doubt attaches to the identification, the records are open to question. 

 Coccyzus erythrophthalmus (Wilson). Black-billed Cuckoo. 

 (?) Coccyzus erythrophthalmus Read, Oologist, XXVIII, 1911, 12 (I. of Pines). 

 (?) "Black-billed Cuckoo" Read, Forest and Stream, LXXIII, 1909, 452 (I. of 



Pines). — Read, Oologist, XXVI, 1909, 102, and XXX, 1913, 131 (I- of Pines); 



XXVIII, 1911, 114 (West McKinley). 



This species, migrating as it does through Mexico and Central America, is of 

 merely accidental occurrence in Cuba, and unknown in the other Antilles. Mr. 

 Read's records, above cited, refer to individuals noted on May 11, 1909. and in 

 November, 1910, respectively. In reply to an inquiry he writes that the first one 

 was actually secured, but as the specimen is unfortunately not now extant, and 

 there is no way of confirming the record otherwise, it is deemed unwise to admit 

 it under the circumstances. 



79. Glaucidium siju vittatum Ridgway. Isle of Pines Pygmy Owl. 



Noctua siju (not of D'Orbigny) Poev, Mem. Hist. Nat. Cuba, 1854, 426 (Nueva 



Gerona, fide Gundlach). 

 Glaucidium siju CoRY, Cat. W. Indian Birds, 1892, 100 (I. of Pines, in geog. distr.). 



— Bangs & Zappey, Am. Nat., XXXIX, 1905, 202 (Santa Fe and Cayo Bonito; 



habits). — Read, Oologist, XXVI, 1909, 190; XXVII, 1910, 35 (I. of Pines; 



descr.; habits); XXVIII, 1911, 11 (I. of Pines). — Read, Bird-Lore, XIII, 1911, 



44 (McKinley); XV, 1913, 45, and XVI, 1914, 50 (Santa Barbara). — Read, 



Oologist, XXX, 1913, 122 (McKinley; habits). — Read, I. of Pines News, VI, 



Jan. 24. 1914 (descr.; habits). 



