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the young and tender ears. In the fall it resorts to the "pepperage 

 trees," the berries of which, at this period, it feeds on. 



This species is nearly allied to the Red-shafted Woodpecker, 

 {Picus Mexicanus,) a specimen of which I received from Texas, 

 but does not visit the United States. It differs from the Golden- 

 winged Woodpecker in the color of the under surface of the wings 

 and tail feathers, that being of a reddish-orange, and the patches on 

 the sides of the throat crimson, while the former of those parts in 

 ours is yellow, and the latter black. In other respects they are 

 not unlike. 



FAMILY CUCULINiE. 



CUCKOOS. 



GENUS COCCYZUS — LINN. 



CUCKOO. 



[Bill of moderate length, rather strong, compressed, acute, curved ; neck rather 

 short ; body slender; wings of moderate length; tail very long, graduated ; 

 toes slender.] 



COCCYZUS AMERICANUS— LINN. 



YELLOW-BILLED CUCKOO. 



Yellow-billed Cuckoo, Cuculus Carolinensis, Wils. Amer. Orn. 

 Coccyzus Americanus, Bonap. Syn. 

 Yellow-billed Cuckoo, Coccyzus Americanus, Nult. Man. 

 Yellow-billed Cuckoo, Coccyzus Americanus, Aud. Orn. Biog. 



Specific Character — Upper mandible brownish-black ; the sides 

 at the base, whole of the lower, except a small portion toward the 

 end, yellow ; the tail feathers, except the middle pair, brownish 

 black, toward their ends white. Adult with the bill brownish-black 

 above, with the margin of the upper, and nearly the whole of the 

 lower mandible and the eyelids yellow ; upper parts dark drab, 

 lighter on the head ; inner webs of the wing quills bright cinnamon ; 

 tail leathers black, largely tipped with white, excepting the middle 

 pair, which are of the same color as the back, rather more deeply 



