120 CUCULIDJE. 



Coccyzus melanocoryphus ( VieilL). 

 (Plate II. fig. 15.) 



Coccyzus melanocoryphus, Sol. fy Huds. Argent. Orn. ii. p. 38 (1889) ; 

 Shelley, Cat. Birds B. M. xix. p. 307 (1891) ; Holland, Ibis, 1892, 

 p. 203 ; Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml p. 172 (1899) ; von Ihering, Rev. 

 Mus. Paulista, iv. p. 263 (1900) ; Sharpe, Hand-l ii. p. 163 (1900). 



The eggs of the South- American Black-billed Cuckoo are of a 

 pale green colour. Examples measure from 1'12 to 1-21 in length, 

 and from -85 to -93 in breadth. 



3. Argentine Republic, Nov. A. H. Holland, Esq. [C.]. 



3. Argentine Republic. Crowley Bequest. 



' Coccyzus americanus (Linn.). 



Coccyzus americanus, Thien. Fortpjlanz. ges. Vb'g. p. 87, tab. xv. fig.. 5 

 (nee 6) (1845-54) ; Baedeker, Eier Eur. Vog. tab. 50. fig. 6 (1855- 

 63) ; Dresser, Ibis, 1865, p. 467 ; id. Birds Eur. v. p. 227 (1876) ; 

 Seebohm, Brit. Birds, ii. p. 390, pi. 68 (1884) ; Shelley, Cat. Birds 

 B. M. xix. p. 308 (1891) ; Salo. $ Godm. Biol. Centr.-Amer., Aves, 

 ii. p. 525 (1896) ; Bendire, Life-Hist. N. Airier. Birds, ii. p. 19, 

 pi. v. fig. 1 (1895) ; Seebohm, Eggs of Brit. Birds, p. 175, pi. 49, 

 fig. 8 (1896) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. ii. p. 164 (1900). 



Coccygus americanus, Baird, Brewer 8f Ridgw. N. Amer. Birds, ii. p. 477 

 (1874). 



The eggs of the Yellow -billed Cuckoo are of a pale bluish-green 

 colour. They measure from 1*16 to 1'32 in length, and from '87 

 to *96 in breadth. One exceptionally small example measures only 

 1-07 by -77. 



1. North America (Tristram Coll.}. Crowley Bequest. 



1. North America (Henshaw Coll.}. Salvin-Godman Coll. 



1. North America ( Whiteaves: Hargitt Seebohm Coll. 

 Coll.}. 



4. Los Angeles, California, 10th June. W. Radcliffe Saunders, Esq. 



[?} 



3. Bexar, Texas (Hargitt Coll.}. Seebohm Coll. 



1. San Antonio, Texas (Dr. Heer- Salvin-Godman Coll. 



mann}. 



1. San Antonio, June (H. E. Dresser}. Seebohm Coll. 



1. San Antonio (H. E. D.}. Crowley Bequest. 



1. Rio Medina, Texas. 5th July Seebohm Coll. 



(H. E. D.). 



2. Texas (H. E. D.}. Seebohm Coll. 



1. Iowa. Crowley Bequest. 



2. Massachusetts (Tristram Coll.}. Crowley' Bequest. 



2. Gettysburg, Pennsylvania (.6. Hitz: Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 Smiths. Inst.). 



Coccyzus erythrophthalmus (Wils.}. 



Coccygus erythrophthalmus, Baird, Brewer 8f Ridqw. N. Amer. Birds, 



ii. p. 484 (1874). 

 Coccyzus erythrophthalmus, Dresser, Birds Eur. v. p. 231 (,176) ; 



Shelley, Cat. Birds B. M. xix. p. 311 (1891) ; Bendire, Life-Hist. 



