274 NORTH AMERICAN BIRDS. 



ochraccous, often including oven the throat ; wing 4.95-6.05 (5.40), 

 tail 6.45-7.95 (6.98), exposed culmen 1.00-1.22 (1.10), depth of bill 

 near base .35-.47 (.40). Hab. West Indies in general (exccjit Ba- 

 hamas) and borders of Caribbean Sea, from Guiana to Honduras; 

 Key West ; coast of Louisiana. 



386. C. minor (Gmel.). Mangrove Cuckoo.' 

 c'. Smaller and with lower parts mucdi paler in color; posterior lower purls 

 buff (sometimes quite pale, and never approaching the deep ochra- 

 ceous tint of C. minor) ; anterior lower parts (chin, throat, and 

 chest) pale ashy, or grayish white, paler anteriorly, the throat usu- 

 ally more or less tinged with buff; length 11.75-12.25, wing 5.05- 

 5.35 (5.23), tail 6.25-6.90 (6.65), exposed culmen 0.98-1.15 (1.06), 

 depth of bill near base 0.33-0.40 (0.36). Hab. Bahamas and 

 Florida Keys. 



[380(7.] C. minor maynardi Ridgw. Maynard's Cuckoo.' 

 rt'. Bill without anj- A-ellow (basal portion of lower mandible leaden bluish in life) ; 

 adult with tail-feathers (except middle pair) grayish brown (with bronzj- 

 green lustre on upper surface), narrowly tipped with wliite, this preceded 

 by a less distinct subterminal bar of dusky ; young with white tips to tail- 

 feathers narrower and less distinct, the duskj' subterminal bar obsolete. 

 Adult : Above bronzy grajish brown, with an olivaceous cast, becoming 

 grayish on forehead and lores ; chin and throat pale buffy grayish (some- 

 times more distinctly buffj-) ; rest of lower parts white, faintly tinged on 

 breast and sides with gi'ayish ; naked ej-elids bright red in life. Young : 

 Above dull brown, with a coppery bronze lustre, becoming more graj^- 

 ish or olivaceous on tail, but moi'o rusty on wings, cspeciallj' on quills ; 

 lower parts much as in adult; naked eyelids pale yellowish in life. 

 Nestling : Feathers of upper parts tipped with whitish. Length about 

 11.00-12.70, wing 5.12-5.65, tail 6.25-7.00. Eggs 2-7, 1.07 X .81, deeji 

 glaucous-green or verditer-blue. Hab. Eastern North America, north to 

 Labrador and Manitoba, west to Eocky Mountains, south, in winter, to 

 West Indies, Middle America, and northern South America. 

 (40.) 388. C. erythrophthalmus (Wils.). Black-billed Cuckoo. 



1 Pure eynonynics of this species are iiein'cHliiii Ij.\Tn., hrlvivculrin Cab., dnminiriin ScL. {nee Linn.), and iif «i'- 

 otea Cab. Cucei/zm tcnicxdm of ArnmiON also belongs hero, the supposed Floridiin specimen given him hy Mr. 

 Harris, and now before mo, being this species and not the Bahama one (C. mnynardi), which raises the suspicion 

 that it, like the specimens of Lampnrm» "manga" {i.e., violicaiida) obtained from the same source, probably 

 cnmo from Ouiana. C. minor is divisible into several more or less strongly chnractcriicd local races, but I 

 shall not attempt such subdivision hero. 



'Dcilicatcd to Mr. C. J. Maynnrd, the accomplished author of the "Naturalist's Guide" and "Birds of 

 Eastern North America," whose valuable descriptions of the birds of Florida — his special field of invostigation — 

 include an interesting account of the peculiar haunts of this species. 



