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CUCULIDJS. 



INSESSORES. 



SCANSORES. 



CUGULIDM 



THE YELLOW-BILLED AMERICAN CUCKOO. 



Coccyzus Americanus. 



Coccyzus Americanus, Carolina Cuckoo, JENVNS, Brit. Vert. p. 155. 



Virginian EYTON, Rare Brit. Birds, p. 23. 



American GOULD, Birds of Europe, pt. xxii. 



Cuculus cinerosus, Coucou Cendrillard, TEMM. Suppl. Man. d'Ornith. p. 277. 



COCCYZUS. Generic Characters. Beak of moderate length, rather slender, 

 thickened at the base, somewhat curved, compressed, pointed ; ridge of the upper 

 mandible rounded. Nostrils basal, the aperture pierced in a membrane. Legs 

 with the tarsi and middle toe of equal length, outer toe reversible. Wings short, 

 concave. Tail long, graduated. 



FOUR examples of this Yellow-billed American Cuckoo 

 having been taken in Great Britain, namely two in Ire- 

 land, one in Wales, and one in Cornwall ; and M. Tem- 

 minck, as well as Mr. Gould, having admitted the species 

 among their Birds of Europe, it is considered to be entitled 

 to a place in this work. 



