CrCI'MD.E— THE crcKoos. 



477 



S* Tail-featlicrs all trrayish-lnown. with narrow Icrniinal. ol)<!cnre spots of 



white. 



c. LnwiT uiandiMc Mackish like the upper (pale liliie in life?). 



C. erythrophthalmus. No ruloiis on primaries, except in young (which 

 have black Kill, brown tail-l"eatliers. etc.). Heneath continuous white, 

 with a faint ashy -bull' shade across the juLruhun ; above grayish-brown. 

 Bare evelids briirht red in the adult. LeULrth, 11.30: wiuL'. -j. 12; tail, 

 G.24 ; tarsus, ,00; culnien, 1.00. Ilah. Eastern Province of the United 

 States, south through eastern Middle America to Bogota. 



Coccygus americanus, Boxap. 



YELLOW-BILLED CUCKOO. 



Cuculus amcricanufi, Linn. Syst. Xat. I, 1766, 170, 10. Coccyzus americanus, BoN. Obs. 

 Wilson, lS-2u, Xo. 47. — In. ronsi>ectus, 1850, IV. — Aud. Orn. Biog. I, iS32, .8, 

 V; 520, pi. ii, — lu. Bmls Am. IV, 1842, 2i>3, pi. i dxxv. — Baiiih, Birds N. Am. 

 1858, 76. — SCL. Cut, 1862, 322. — CooI'KK, Br. CaV. Ac 1868 (Satiaimnto, Cal.) — 

 Samuels, 83, — Cooieu, Orn. Cal. I, 1870, 371. Uri/throphri/s am ricanus, Sw, Birds 

 II, 1837. — Bon. List, 1838. Curcus americanus, Bon. List, Kur. Birds, 1842. 

 ? Cuculus dohiiniccnsis, Linn. Syst. Nat. I, 1766, 170, 13. i Cuculus dominicus^ 

 Lath.\m, Syst I, 171*0, 221 (considered distinct by BoNAi'Auri:). Coccijijus domi ulcus, 

 Baikd, pi. Cuculus carolincnsis (Buisson), Wilson, Am. Orn. IV, 1811, 13, pi. 

 xxviii. Cuculus ciiKrosus, Temminck, Man. IV, 1835, 277. Cocci/zus /)//rrh(>j)fi'i-us, 

 ViEiLL. Diet. Coccmjus bairdi, Sclateh, P. Z. S. March, 1864, 120 (.famaioa ; no 

 rufous externally on wing). ? Cocciufus julkni. Lawk. Ann. X. Y. Lye. VIII, June, 

 1864, 42, 99 (Sombrero Island ; no rufous on wing). 



Sp. Char. Upper mandible and tip of lower, black ; rest of lower mandible and 

 cutting ed^es of the upper, yellow. 

 Upper parts of a metallic greenish- 

 olive, sliirhtlv tinged with ash towards 

 the bill; beneath white. Tail-feathers 

 (except the median, which are like 

 the Ijack) black, tipped with white 

 foraViout an inch on the outer feathers, 

 the external one with the outer edge 

 almost entirely white. Quills orange- 

 cinnamon; the terminal portion and 

 a gloss on the outer webs olive ; iris 

 brown. Length, 12.00; wing, 5.95; 

 tail. 0.35. 



IIab. Eastern Unit«Ml States to the 

 Missouri plains. California and Ne- 

 vada (Rmr.wAv) ; Ma/.atlan : Jamaica; 

 Porto Rico. Localities : ? Sta. Cruz (Newton. Ibis, I, 140, eggs !) ; Cuba (Cab. J. IV, 

 154: Ctundl. Rep. I. 1800, 205): Jamaica (dossE. B. Jam. 270?) Costa Rica (Cab. 

 J. 1802. 107) ; Lower Rio Grande (Dresser. Ibis. 18G5, 406, breeds). 



There is considerable variation in the ^.monnt of rufous in tlie (^uills ; 

 sometimes this shows verv distinctlv externally, sometimes it is entirely 

 replaced by the bronzed olive of the back. A greater amount of the rufous 



Coccygits americanus. 



