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383. Ani (Crotophaga am). Resembling No. 384, 

 but upper mandible without grooves. Notes. A com- 

 plaining, whistled oo-eeek, oo-eeek. 



Range. Eastern South America; north to West Indies and Ba- 

 hamas; rarely to soutnern Florida; accidental in Louisiana and Penn- 

 sylvania. 



384. Groove-billed Ani (Crotophaga sulcirostris) . 

 L. 12.5; B. .7 high] the upper mandible with ridges 

 and furrows. Ads. Blue-black, many of the feathers 

 with iridescent margins. 



Range. Northwestern South America, north through Mexico to 

 Lower California and southeastern Texas; casually Arizona, Louisi- 

 ana, and Florida. 



385. Road-runner (Geococcyx californianus] . L. 23. 

 Toes two in front, two behind. Ads. Above glossy 

 olive-brown with whitish and rusty margins; tail 

 much rounded, outer tail-feathers tipped with white. 

 Notes. A soft cooing and a low chittermg note produc- 

 ed by striking the mandibles together. Bendire men- 



' tions a note like that of a hen calling her brood. 



Range. Central Mexico north (rarely) to southwestern Kansas, 

 southern Colorado, and Sacramento Valley, California, rarely to 

 southern Oregon. 



386. Mangrove Cuckoo (Coccy^us minor] . L. 13. 

 Ads. Underparts uniformly rich buff; above grayish 

 brown, crown grayer; ear-coverts black; tail black, 

 outer feathers broadly tipped with white. 



Range. Northern South America, north through Central America, 

 Mexico and Greater Antilles (except Porto Rico?) to Florida and 

 Louisiana; migrating south in fall. 



386a. Maynard Cuckoo (C. m. maynardi). Simi- 

 lar to No. 386, but underparts paler, the throat and 

 forebreast more or less ashy white. 



Range. Bahamas and (eastern?) Florida Keys. 



387. Yellow-billed Cuckoo (Coccy^us americanus). 

 L. 12.2. Ads. Below white; lower mandible largely 

 yellow; tail black, outer feathers widely tipped with 

 white. Notes. Tut-tut, tut-tut, tut-tut, tut-tut, cl-uck, 

 cl-uck, cl-uck, cl-uck, cl-uck, cl-uck, cow, cow, cow, cmc, 

 cow, cow, usually given in part. 



Range. Eastern North America; breeds from Florida to New 

 Brunswick and Minnesota; winters in Central and South America. 



38 7a. California Cuckoo (C. a. occidentalis] . Sim- 

 ilar to No. 387, but somewhat grayer and larger; the 

 bill slightly longer, 1.05. 



Range. Western North America; north to southern British Col- 

 umbia; east to Western Texas; winters south into Mexico. 



388. Black-billed Cuckoo (Coccy^us erythropUh al- 

 mus). L. 1 1.8. Ads. White below; bill black; tail, 

 seen from below, grayish narrowly tipped with white; 

 above, especially on crown, browner than No. 387. 

 Notes. Similar to those of No. 387, but softer, the cow 

 notes connected. 



Range. Eastern North America; west to Rocky Mountains; breeds 

 north to Labrador and Manitoba; winters south of United States to 

 Brazil. 



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