CUCKOOS 319 



with irridescent margins; wings and tail wifh bluish reflections; tail much 

 rounded. L., 12'50; T., 775; W., 5'75; B., '95; depth, '85. 



Range. West Indies, Yucatan, and e. S. A.; rare or casual in La. and 

 S. Fla., accidental near Phila., and Edenton, N. C. 



The GROOVE-BILLED ANT (384- Crotophaga sulcirpstris] of our Mexican 

 border and southward, has been reported from Florida (Lake Worth, Jan. 

 1891), but it seems not improbable that the bird in question was Crotophaga 

 ani. (Auk, 1891, 313.) 



386 Coccyzus minor minor (Gmel.}. MANGROVE CUCKOO. Ads. 

 Upperparts brownish gray, grayer on head, with glossy reflections; wings 

 and middle pair of tail-feathers like back; outer tail-feathers black, broadly 

 tipped with white; ear-coverts black; underparts ochraceous-buff, bill black, 

 lower mandible yellow except at tip; L., 12'50; W., 5'40; T., 50; B. from N. 

 80. 



Range. Key West, Fla., West Indies (except Bahamas), and coast 

 of Mex., and Cen. Am. to ne. S. A. 



Nest, a platform of sticks, in low trees and bushes. Eggs, 3-4, greenish 

 blue. Date, Manatee Co., Fla., May 28. 



This bird is apparently a rare summer resident on the Gulf coast 

 of Florida, but its relationships in this region to the following race 

 appear to be unknown. 



386a. C. m. maynardi Ridgw. MAYNARD'S CUCKOO. Similar to 

 the preceding, but with a slightly smaller bill and much paler underparts, 

 the throat and breast being grayish white, very faintly washed with ochra- 

 ceous, which becomes stronger on the belly. B. from N., "75. 



Range. Florida Keys and the Bahamas. 



This bird is a regular summer resident in the Florida Keys and 

 probably adjoining Atlantic mainland (Scott, Auk, 1889, p. 250). 



387. Coccyzus americanus americanus (Linn.). YELLOW-BILLED 

 CUCKOO. (Fig. 53. ) Ads. Upperparts brownish gray with slight greenish 

 gloss; most of the wing-feathers rufous, except at the tip; outer tail-feathers 

 black, conspicuously tipped with white, which extends down the outer vane 

 of the outer feather; underparts dull whitish; bill black, the lower mandible 

 yellow except at the tip. 

 L., 12-20; W., 5'70; T., 

 6'20; B. from N., '76. 



Remarks. This spe- 

 cies bears a general re- 

 semblance to the Black- 

 billed Cuckoo, but may 

 always be known from FIG. 91. Tail-feathers of Yellow-billed Cuckoo, 



that species by its yel- 

 low lower mandible, rufous wing-feathers, and black, white-tipped tail- 

 feathers. 



Range. Breeds mainly in Austral zones but reaching into Transition, 

 from N. D., Minn., s. Ont., Que., and N. B. s. to Mcx., La., and n. Fla., 

 and w. to S. D., Nebr., and Okla.; migrates through the West Indies and 

 Cen. Am. ; winters s. to Argentina. 



Washington, common S. R., May 3-Oct. 13. Ossining, common S. R. t 

 May 4-Oct. 31. Cambridge, common S. R., May 12-Sept. 15. N. Ohio, 

 common S. R., Apl. 20-Sept. 25. Glen Ellyn, quite common S. R., May 15- 

 Sept. 29. SE. Minn., common S. R., May 21-Aug. 20. 



Nest, a platform of small sticks, with a few grasses or catkins, generally 

 in low trees or vine-covered bushes, 4-10 feet up. Eggs, 3-5, pale greenish 



