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CUCKOOS. 



2. MANGROVE CUCKOO, C. minok. Differs from 1 

 in being strongly tinged with reddish yellow beneath and in 

 having dark space around eye darker. Breeds in the West 

 Indies; rare on the Fla. Keys and in La. Resident. 



2*. MAYNARD'S CUCKOO, C. m. maynakdi. Differs 

 from 2 in being much paler beneath, Bahamas, largely res- 

 ident; rare on the Fla. Keys. Notes, '^ Ou-ou-ou-ou-qua-qua- 

 qua-coo-coo-co.'' The first four are cuckoo-like, the next 

 three harsh, and the last three decidedly cuckoo-like. 



Fig. 218. 3. BLACK-BILLED CUCKOO, C. 



ERYTHKOPHTHALMUS. Differs from 1 in 

 having the tail wholly like back nar- 

 rowly tipped with wliite, no cinnamon 

 on wings, no black on head, and under 

 mandible dark-blue ; naked space 

 around eye, red, plate 14, fig. 218, tip of 

 V, 13, a, 3. tail feather. Breeds througliout eastern 

 N. A. west to the Rockies and north to Labrador; winters in 

 S. A. 



Well-known birds with chisel-shaped bills, large, strong 

 heads, long wings, two toes in front and two behind, or one 

 absent. 



A. TRUE WOODPECKERS. Picidae. 



Tail feathers, stiffened and pointed. Nests, in holes 

 made by the birds; eggs, 6 or 7, white. Young, naked and 

 helpless. Flight, heavy and undulating but often swift. 

 Drum on trees, etc. as a roll-call. 



a. Mottled Woodpeckers. Sphryrapiciis. 



Woodpeckers with rather short, slender bills and with 

 plumage much mottled above and yellowish below. 



1. YELLOW-BELLIED SAPSUCKER, S. vAKius. 8.50; 

 longitudinal white patcli in wing ; male with top of head and 

 throat crimson ; black patch on breast fig. 219 ; female, throat 

 white. Young, with the black of breast replaced with gray 



