387. YELLOW-BILLED CUCKOO. 12X in. 



(Coccyzus americanus.) 



Bronzy olive-gray; white below; lower half of curved bill 

 yellow tipped with black; outer tail-feathers black tipped 

 broadly with white; wings show a reddish-brown tinge in 

 flight; glides stealthily from tree to tree and keeps concealed 

 among the leaves; slowly droops and raises tail when 

 perching; song, loud "kuk-kuk, kuk-kuk". Black-billed 

 Cuckoo. Mourning Dove. 



388. BLACK-BILLED CUCKOO. 12 in. 



(Coccyzus erythrophthalmus.) 



Bronzy olive-gray; white below; bill entirely black; only 

 a little white on tail; movements like those of 387; song, 

 soft "coo-coo, coo-coo". Yellow-billed Cuckoo. Mourning 

 Dove. 



390. BELTED KINGFISHER. 14 in. 



(Ceryle alcyon.) 



Blue-gray; white collar; big, crested head; sits erect watch- 

 ing for fish and flies near the surface of the water, uttering a 

 rattling call. 



393. HAIRY WOODPECKER. 9 in. 



(Dryobates villosus.) 



White band down the middle of black back; wings black 

 spotted with white; beneath white; outer tail-feathers white 

 not barred; red band on neck of male; large bill; note, sharp 

 resonant "plick". Downy Woodpecker. Yellow-bellied 

 Sapsucker. 



394c. DOWNY WOODPECKER. 6^ in. 



(Dryobates pubescens medianus.) 



Bill small; closely resembles the Hairy Woodpecker but 

 is scarcely larger than the English Sparrow and has outer 

 tail-feathers barred with black. Hairy Woodpecker. Yel- 

 low-bellied Sapsucker. 



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