MANGROVE CUCKOO. 



386. Coccyzus minor. 13 inches. 



These buff-breasted Cuckoos are natives of Cuba and 

 Central America, being found in southern Florida only 

 during the summer. The habits of all the American 

 Cuckoos are practically identical and their notes or 

 songs can only be distinguished from one another by long 

 familiarity. 



YELLOW-BILLED CUCKOO. 



387. Coccyzus americanus. 12*4 inches. 



This species is the most abundant in the southern 

 part of its range, while the Black-bill is the most com- 

 mon in the North. Notice that the lower mandible is 

 yellowish, that the wings are largely rufous, and that the 

 outer tail feathers are black, with broad white tips, 

 these points readily distinguishing this species from the 

 next. The eggs of this species are large and paler col- 

 ored than the next (1.20x.90). They breed from the 

 Gulf to southern Canada and winter in Central America. 



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