212 Annals of the Carnegie Museum. 



A widespread and fairly common species in the Tropical Zone, 

 iound from sea-level up to 5,000 feet on the slopes of the San Lorenzo, 

 but not (if we except Mr. Brown's record for San Sebastian) going 

 above 3,000 feet in the Sierra Nevada, where moreover it is very rare. 

 It is partial to open woodland, scattered trees, and cultivated land in 

 general. Once a bird of this species was seen with a large " walking- 

 stick " in its mouth, a circumstance which out of curiosity led to the 

 habit of examining the stomachs of all killed since that time, to find 

 that their food consists almost exclusively of these insects, especially 

 the larger kinds. 



A set of three eggs sent in by Mr. Smith from Bonda, July 10, are 

 of the usual rough texture of shell for this family, and dull white in 

 color. In shape they are rather elongate oval, like those of the Yellow- 

 billed Cuckoo {Coccysus americanus) , measuring 37 X 2 4> 35 X 2 5> ar >d 

 33 X 2 4- The nest is a frail platform of coarse twigs, without special 

 lining, placed in the fork of an oblique branch of a Banisteria lauri- 

 folta, and so thin that it would easily be possible to count the eggs 

 from below. 



143. Coccycua rutila gracilis (Heine). 

 One specimen: Trojas de Cataca. 



The single specimen is worn and faded, but is apparently referable 

 to this form, the range of which extends through western Colombia 

 into Ecuador. 



A single male was taken at Trojas de Cataca, October 6, 1913, no 

 others being seen. It was shot in low, tangled woodland among the 

 masses of vines so common in such places. Probably it occurs through- 

 out the alluvial plain surrounding the Cienaga Grande. 



144. Coccyzus lansbergi Bonaparte. 



Coccysus landsbergi Sclater, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1864, 122 (" Santa 



Marta"); 1870, 169 ("Santa Marta " ; diag.). — Allen, Bull. Am. Mus 



Nat. Hist., XIII, 1900, 134 (Cienaga). 

 Coccysus lansbergi Shelley, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., XIX, 1891, 303 (" Santa 



Marta"). — Ridgway, Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus., No. 50, VII, 1916, 41 ("Santa 



Marta" and Cienaga, in range; references). 



One specimen : Tucurinca. 



Very few specimens of this rare cuckoo appear to be on record, so 

 that the present fine example is of exceptional interest and value. It 



