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northern Africa to Egypt, . Nubia, and Somaliland, and 

 probably also southwards to Cape Colony. It winters in 

 tropical and southern Africa. It is accidental in Germany, 

 occasional in south-eastern Europe, more frequent in southern 

 France, and occurs in the Canary Islands on migration. 



Genus COCCYZUS Vieillot, Analyse, 1816, p. 28. 

 Type : C. americanus (Linn.). 



Coccyzus, said to be a misprint for Coccygus (Boie, Isis, 1826) as if the 

 genitive of KOKKV%, KOKKV^OS. But it is probably a false latinizing of KOKKV&V 

 = crying "Cuckoo." 



Coccyzus americanus, YELLOW-BILLED CUCKOO. 



Cuculus amsricanus Linnaus, Syst. Nat. 1758, p. Ill : 

 Carolina. 



Coccyzus americanus (Linn.) ; B. O. 17. List, 1st ed. 1883, p. 84 ; 

 Shelley, Cat. Birds B. M. xix. 1891, p. 308; Saunders, 

 Manual, 2nd ed. 1899, p. 290. 



Americanus = of America. 



Distribution in the British Islands. A Rare Visitor : nine 

 specimens have been procured in the south-western counties 

 of England and in Wales ; one in Scotland, Colonsay, 

 Inner Hebrides, Nov. 1904 ; and two in Ireland, Youghal, 

 co. Cork, 1825, and near Bray, co. Dublin, 1832. 



General Distribution. The Yellow-billed Cuckoo breeds 

 in temperate North America, passing through the West 

 Indies and Central America to its winter quarters in South 

 America. It is accidental in Belgium and Italy. 



Coccyzus erythrophthalmus, BLACK-BILLED 

 CUCKOO. 



Cuculus erytliroplitlialmus Wilson, Am. Om. iv. 1811, 

 p. 16, pi. 28 : probably near Philadelphia, U.S.A. 



Coccyzus erythrophthalmus (Wilson); B. O. U. List, 1st ed. 

 1883, p. 85 ; Shelley, Cat. Birds B. M. xix. 1891, p. 311 ; 

 Sounders, Manual, 2nd ed. 1899, p. 290. 



