120 CCCULID^. 



Coccyzus melanocoryphus ( VicilL). 

 (Plate II. fig. 15.) 



Coccyzus melanocoryphus, Scl. Sf Hiids. Argent. Orn. ii. p. 38 (1889) ; 

 Shelley, Cat. Birds B. M. xix. p. 307 (1891); Holland, Ibis, 1892, 

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

 Mus. Paulista, iv. p. 263 (1900) ; Sharpe, Hand-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. Argentioe Republic, Nov. A. H. Holland, Esq. [0.]. 



3. Argentine Republic. Crowley Bequest. 



Coccyzus americanus (Linn.). 



Coccyzus americanus, Thien. Fortj)flanz. ges. Vog. p. 87, tab. xv. fig. 5 

 {nee 6) (1845-54) ; Baedeker, Eier Eur. Vog. tab. 50. fig. 6 (1855- 

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

 Seebohm, Brit. Birds, ii. p. 390, pi. 68 (1884); Shelley, Cat. Birds 

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

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

 pi. V. fig. 1 (1895); Seeboh7n, Eggs of Brit. Birds, p. 175, pi. 49, 

 tig. 8 (1896) ; Sharpe, Handel, ii. p. 164 (1900). 



Coccyg'us americanus, Baird, Brewer Sf Ridgio. N. Amer. Birds, ii. p. 477 

 (f874). 



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

 colour. They measure from 1"16 to 1'32 in length, and from -87 

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

 1-07 by -77. 



1. North Amei'ica {Tristram Coll.). Crowley Bequest. 



1. North America (Henskatv Coll.). Salvin-Codman Coll. 



1. Nortii America ( Whiteaves: Hargitt Seebohm Coll. 

 Coll.). 



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



3. Bexar, Texas {Hargitt Cull.). Seebohm Coll. 



1. San Antonio, Texas {Dr. Heer- Salvin-Godman Coll. 



tnann). 



1. San Antonio, June(^. E. Dresser). Seebohm Coll. 



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



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



(H. E. I).). 



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



1. Iowa. Crowley Bequest. 



2. Massachusetts (J/v^^z-aw Coll.). Crowley Bequest. 



2. Gettysburg, Pennsylvania (jB./ftYz: Salvin-Godman Coll, 

 Smiths. Inst.). 



Coccyzus erythrophthalmus {Wils.). 



Coccygus erythrophthalmus, Baird, Brewer ^ Ridqw. N. Amer. Birds, 



ii. p. 484 (1874). 

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



'ShdlAy,'c'ai. Birds B. M. xix. p. oil (1891); Bendire, Life-Hist. 



