CUCULIDJi; — THE C'rCKO.)S. 



477 



B. Tail- 

 white. 

 c. T. 



fe.atliers all frra} isli-lirnwn, with narrow icnniiiiil. (ihsciiro spots of 



owcr iiiandiMc lila.'kish liUo tin' u|i|iit (pali' liliic in lil'c?). 

 C. erythrophthalmua. No rulnns ><n piiniaiirs. cxcqit in yonng (which 

 have blai/k hill, lin.wn tail-riNitlicrs, etc.). lieiKuith continuous white, 

 with a (aint ashy -1 mil" shailo a(•l•o^;s tho jiiiruhnn ; above grayish-brown. 

 Laro eyelids briudit red in the adult. Length, 11.30; wing, 0.12; tail, 

 C.2-1 ; tarsus, .90 ; cuhnen, 1.00. JJab. Eastern Provineu of the United 

 States, south through eastern Middle America to Hogota. 



Coccygus americanus, Bonap. 



TELIOW-BILLED CTTCKOO. 



Cuadus amcricanm, Linn. .Syst. ^^at. \, 17G6, 170, 10. Coceyzus americanus, Hon. Obs. 

 Wilson, 1825, Xo. 47. — In. r(mspo<tu.s, 1850, IV. — Aun. Oni. Biog. I, 18:32, 18, 

 V; 520, pi. ii. -In. IHrdsAni. IV, 1842, 2!t3, pi. o.lxxv. - H.miid," Hirds N.Ani! 

 1858, 70. — Scr.. Cat. 1802, 322. — Cdoi'kI!, I'r. CaV. Ac. 1808 (.Sacramento, Cal.) — 

 Sa-MUELs, 83. — Cool'Kl!, Orn. Cal. I, 1870, 371. i;n/throj)hn/s a, ne nam, is, .S\v. Mirds 

 II, 1837. —Bon. List, 1838. Ciircus mncriainus, Bon. List, Eur. Birds, 1842. 

 ?Cuculiis dominiccnsis, Linn. .Syst. Nat. I, 1700, 170, 13. UJucIhs ,hm,i,ii,-us, 

 LATIIA.M, Syst. I, 1700, 221 (considered distinct by BoNArAirri;). Oi,cq/,fiis dtminiciis, 

 Baihd, pi. C'uculiis aii-oliiicisis (I5i:iss(jn), Wilson, Am. Orn. IV, 1811, 13, pi. 

 xxviii. Cuadus cimrosiis, Tkmminck, Man. IV, 1835, 277. (Mvi/zhs /ii/i-r/oip/rnis, 

 ViElM,. Diet. Cocciiijus Ixtirdi, Sci.atei:, 1'. Z. S. March, 1804, 120 (.famaica ; no 

 rufous externally on wing), i tWq/ftus julicni, Lawh. Ann. X. V. Lye. VIII, June, 

 1864, 42, 99 (Sombrero Island ; no rufous on wing). 



and 



Sp. Char. Upper mandible and tip of lower, black; rest of lower nunu 

 cutting edges of the iii)per, yellow. 

 Upper parts of a mc^tallio greenish- 

 olive, slightly tinged with ash towards 

 the bill; beneath white. Tail-feathers 

 (except the median, which are like 

 the hack) black, ti|)ped Avith white 

 for about an inch on the outer feathers, 

 the external one with the outer edge 

 idniost, enlii-ely white. Quills oran.ge- 

 cinnanion : the tei'ininal portion and 

 a gloss on th(! outer webs olive; iris 

 brown. Length, 12.1)0; wing, 5.95; 

 tail, ().;55. 



IIap. Eastern T'niti^l States to the 

 Missouri jilains. California and Xe- 

 vada(RiiK!\VAY) ; Ma/atlaii ; Jamaica; 

 Torto Rico. Localities: ? Sta. Cruii (Xkwton, This, I, 149, eggs!); Cuba (OAn. .T. IV, 

 1.54; Cn-NDi,. Rep. I, 180(5, 295): .laniai.'a (dossK, B. Jam. 279?) Costa Rica (Cab. 

 J. 1802, 107) ; Lower Rio Grande (Duks.skk, Ibis, 1805, 400, breeds). 



Tlicro is coiisidcmblc variati(>n in tlie ■sinniuit of nifoii.s in the (niills ; 

 .sonietinios tlii.s .slniw.s very distinctly oxtornally, soniotiinos it i.s ontirdy 

 replaced by the liron/ed olive of the hack. A greater anionnt of the riifoii.ti 



Coccysius nvirnrnnus 



