Il6 BIRDS OF THE BAHAMA ISLANDS. 



FAM. CUCULID.^. 



CUCKOOS. 



SAUROTHERA BAHAMENSIS. Bryant. 

 Bahama Cl'ckoo. 



Adult. — Above, pale olive, showing slight greenish reflections ; 

 throat and breast dull grayish white ; belly and crissum, tawny ; pri- 

 maries, mostly rufous; tail-feathers, except the two central ones, 

 tipped with pale brownish white; legs, slaty blue; soles of the feet, 

 yellow; eyelids, vermilion red; upper mandible, brownish, shading 

 into slate-color at the base ; iris, brown. 



Length iS, wing 6.25, tail 9.50, tarsus 1.50, bill 1.80. 



I met with this bird but once. A single specimen taken at Nassau, 

 June 17. Dr. Bryant states that it was quite abundant during his 

 visits, and that the inhabitants called it Rain Crow. In this I think 

 that he was mistaken in the species, as the negroes who saw my 

 specimen considered it to be the same as C. minor, '' only full 

 grown." It is a curious fact that Dr. Bryant did not meet with C. 

 minor, while I found it abundant on many of the islands. He also 

 says, " Its food during the winter consisted principally of a species 



