1 : 



886*. C. m. mayn&rdi M\*NM: similar t 



the prv*--.li!i.'. I. ut with u ftlightly smaller bill mud much puli-r under |*art*, 

 at UM<! hn-ust ! ry faintly washed with o.-hra 



MOM, which become* - the MU. 1$. !'rm V, -7&. 



li'i*>j<. Bahama* uml Florida K 



,!nr summer resident in the Florida Keys anil 

 probably adjoining Atlantic nminland (see Scott. Auk. vi. ! 



387. Coccyrus americanus /./.. >. YKI.I.OW mi i n. Cooaoo. 

 (See Fig. 38.) .I./. t'p|>cr parts brownish gray Aith )'nrht ^n-ciiixh irlmw, 

 inatt of the \\in_- t'.ailu-n* ru/out. except at Uiu tip; outer tuil fcuthrrx black, 



uu^ly t; 

 with wliitt-, w hi 



trllil.t lc. w II tin- miter 



vane uf tin- nuti-r 



feather; utulcr purU 



dull whitish; l.ill Fio. 73.- Tail feath.-rs ..f Y.-llow-bllled Cuckoo. 



black, the low.-r IUUM- 



diblc y,llir, fxo'pt at the tip. 1... 1 _'_'"; \V., 5-70; T., 6'20; B. fn.n, 



ri*. Tlii- -|...-it-8 bean a general resemblance to the Itlu.-k l.ill. -.1 

 Cuckoo, hut may always b kii"\vn fn>in that spt-ci. * l.y it.-< y<-lln\\ 1.. \\.-r 

 mandible, rufoiu winif-lVutlu-nt, and black, white-tipjH-d tuil-tVatlu-rs. 



IbtHijf. North America; breeds from Florida to New liruii.-xx ick, and 

 winters in Central and S..uth America. 



Watthinx'toii, common S. K., M:<\ _' to < M. 1.".. S'nnf Sin^r, common S. R., 

 May 4 t dct. ;tl. Cambridge, common S. K., May 1-j to Au^. 



a platt'onn of Hinall Bticks, with a few gruxtteH or catkins, generally in 

 low tree* or vine-covered bushca, four to ten feet from the trnuind. 

 three to five, pale greenish blue, 1 -22 x -92. 



A long, slim, dovelike bird slips ni>i-clcss|y l.y and disap|>ears in 

 the depths of a neighboring tree. If you can murk his jMi>i(ion you 

 will find him perched motionless, and apparently slightly daxcd. After 

 a moment he recovers and begins to hop alx>ut the tree in an active 

 s-nrrh for his favorite fare of caterpillars, lie is esjiecially fond of 

 the kind which make nests in tree?, commonly known as "tent cater- 

 pillars." and if you examine the conspicuous homes of these pt - 

 will frequently find them punctured with many holes made by the 

 Cuckoo's bill. A ('ii<-k>,> I >\\n\ at six o'clock one September morning 

 had the partially digested remains of forty-three of these caterpillars 

 in his stomach. 



The notes of the Cuckoo are strikingly chanirt.-rNtii-. and while 

 subject to much variation may IK- fairly represented by the syllables 

 tut-lut, tut-tut, tut-tut, tut-tut, cl-nck-rl-iirk-rl-urk, rl-urk-cl-urk, cl-ufk, 

 cow, cow, row, rir. row, cow. It is not usual, however, to hear the 

 whole song given at once. 



