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ORDER XII. COCCYGES—Cuckoos, KINGFISHERS, ETC. 
A. Toes, two in front, two behind; bill curved downwards........ Cuculide. 
A. Toes, three in front, one behind; bill straight...............Alcedinide. 
Famity CUCULIDZ—Cuckoos 
1. Bill wholly blackish; tail narrowly white-tipped; wings slightly cinnamon 
: -Black-billed Cuckoo. 
1. Bill mostly volley clave: eau proadiy Goiites epee wings extensively 
cinnamon. re A tid 22(2) 
2. Smaller, with uae es bill Gane eden. rs al eee 6, auied nde 
MRI Cn) ear hes Ot VEPs es RR Yellow-billed Cuckoo. 
2. Larger, with larger bill (wing over 53, tail over 6, culmen 1 inch 
OQLMMOLC) ee ees eh fe dius, ara ee is oie ce ts Calitorniayv Cuckoo: 
387. *Coccyzus americanus (Linnaeus)—YELLOW-BILLED CucKoo. 
Eastern half of state, a common summer resident and breeder, 
arriving the second week in May, breeding in June or early July, de- 
parting early in September. Omaha, Lincoln, Beatrice, West Point, 
- Neligh, Niobrara valley, Holt county, Cherry county, Bloomington. 
388. *Coccyzus erythrophthalmus (Wilson) —BuLack-BILLED Cuckoo. 
Entire state, but rather uncommon; dates practically as preceding; 
breeding wherever present. Omaha, Lincoln, Beatrice, West Point, 
Neligh, Niobrara valley, Long Pine, North Platte, Sioux county. 
EXTRALIMITAL: 387a. C. e. occidentalis Ridgway, the California 
Cuckoo, a western race of the Yellow-billed, is the form occurring 
throughout Colorado to within a few miles of the eastern boundary. 
of the state, and any yellow-billed cuckoo found in western Nebraska 
is very apt to be occidentalis. 
Famity ALCEDINIDA—KINGFISHERS 
A large, blue backed, crested kingfisher, white below and with a 
blue band across the breast....................-.Belted Kingfisher. 
390. *Ceryle alcyon (Linnaeus)—BrELTED KINGFISHER. 
Common over the entire state; breeding in sand and clay banks. 
Arrives first week in April, breeds early in June, lingers until late fall, 
and a few remain the entire winter wherethere is open water. 
ORDER XIII. PICI—Woopprckrrs, WRYNECKS, ETC. 
Famity PICIDAX—WooppkEcKERS 
1. Back entirely dark, without white marks, but rump sometimes white. . (2) 
(Peback Pe aGsly, marked with white or yellowish...... 30) 
2. Back shining blackish (3)—brownish with Black ban: mutlee See 
spotted . : < . (6) 
3. Head crested, tiie one bright sue or Saaaien SO; canes Sens blacks. 
size of crow. Serssssess..... Northern Pileated Woodpecker. 
