YELLOW-BILLED AMERICAN CUCKOO. 



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INSESSORES. 



SCANSORES. 



CUCULID&. 



THE YELLOW-BILLED AMERICAN CUGKOO. 



Coccyzus Americanus. 



JENYNS, Brit. Vert. p. 155. 

 EYTON, Rare Brit. Birds, p. 23. 

 GOULD, Birds of Europe. 



Coccyzus Americanus, Carolina Cuckoo, 



Virginian 



American 



Cuculus dnerosus, Coucou CendriUard, TEMM. Suppl. Man. d'Ornith. 



p. 277. 



COCCTZUS. Generic Characters. Beak of moderate length, rather slender, 

 thickened at the base, somewhat curved, compressed, pointed; ridge of the 

 upper mandible rounded. Nostrils basal, the aperture pierced in a mem- 

 brane. Legs with the tarsi and middle toe of equal length, outer toe re- 

 versible. Wings short, concave. Tail long, graduated. 



FOUR examples of this Yellow-billed American Cuckoo 

 having been taken in Great Britain, namely, two in Ire- 

 land, one in Wales, and one in Cornwall ; and M. Tem- 

 minck, as well as Mr. Gould, having admitted the species 

 among their Birds of Europe, it is considered to be entitled 

 to a place in this work. 



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