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U. S. p. R. E EXP. AND SURVEYS — ZOOLOGY — GENERAL REPORT. 



COCCYGUS MINOR, Cab. 



Mangrove Cuckoo. 



? Cuculus minor, Gmelin, Syst. Nat. I, 1788, 411. 



?Coccyzxis minor, Gcndlacb, Cab. Journal fiir Orn. 1856, 104, (Cuba.) 



Cuculus smiculus, Lath. Ind. I, 1790, 219. 



Cocqjziis seniculus, Nutt. Man. 1, 1832, 558.— Aud . Cm. Biog. 11, 1834, 390 ; pi. 169.— Ib. Birds America, IV, 



1842, 303 ; pi. 277.— Gosse, Birds Jamaica, 281.— Bon. Conspectus, 1850, III. 

 Erythrophrys seniculus, Eon. List, 1838. 



Sp. Ch. — Lower mandible yellow, except at the tip. Body above olivaceous, strongly tinged with ashy towards and on the 

 head. Beneath pale yellowish brown, darkest on the legs and abdomen, becoming lighter to the bill. An elongated spot of 

 dark plumbeous behind the eye. Inner edges of the quills and under wing coverts like the belly. Tail feathers, e.xeept the 

 central, black, with a sharply defined tip of white for about an inch, this color not extending on the outer web of the quill. 

 Length, about 12 inches ; wing, about 5$. 



Hub.— Florida Keys to West Indies 



Tliis species is readily distinguishable by its fulvous under parts and dark ear coverts. It 

 has the yellow bill and dark tail, with broad white tips, of C. americanus, although the white 

 does not extend along the outer web of the feathers. 



According to Mr. Audubon, this species is a regular summer visitor to Key West and the 

 other Florida Keys. 



List of specimens. 



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