MANGROVE CUCKOO. 



386. Coccyzus minor. 13 inches. 



This southern Cuckoo can be distinguished from the 

 Yellow-billed, which it most closely resembles, by the 

 uniform buff colored underparts and the black ear 

 coverts. 



These Cuckoos are common in the West Indies, but 

 must be classed as rare in the United States, only a 

 few of them straggling across to southern Florida each 

 season. They are usually met with in swamps and 

 thickets, especially where there are mangrove trees, in 

 which latter they usually nest. 



Notes. Can not be distinguished from those of the 

 Yellow-billed Cuckoo. 



Nest. In low bushes, preferably mangroves, and 

 made of twigs and rootlets. Four bluish green eggs, 

 of a medium shade, are laid in the latter part of May. 

 Size 1.15 x .85. 



Range. West Indies and Central America; in the 

 United States only in southern Florida, where it 

 arrives in April and leaves in September. 



