212, BIRDS OF BERMUDA. 
68. Coccyzus americanus, (Linn.) Bp. Yellow-billed Cuckoo. 
Cuculus dominicensis, Briss. Cuculus dominicus, Linn., Lath., Gm. 
Coccygus dominicus, Bd. 
Piaya dominica, Gray. 
Cuculus carolinensis, Briss., Wils. 
Erythrophrys carolinensis, Sw. - 
Cuculus americanus, Linn., Gm., Lath., Stepk., Hart. 
Coccyzus americanus, Bp., Nutt., Aud., and later authors. 
Piaya americana, Less. 
Erythrophrys americanus, Bp. 
Coccygus americanus, Cab., Bd., Hayd., Coop., Allen, Trippe, B. B. & BR. 
Coccyzus pyrrhopterus, Vieil. 
Cuculus cinerosus, Temm. 
Coccyzus bairdii, Scl., Gray. 
Length, 12.00; wing, 5.95; tail, 635. 
Hab.—Eastern United States, to the Missouri plains, California and 
Nevada, Jamaica, Porto Rico, Costa Rica, Lower Rio Grande. Acci- 
dental in Europe, (B. B. & BR., Coues.) 
A few specimens only are recorded previous to the 9th October, 1849, 
when an extraordinary invasion took place. Thousands of these birds 
suddenly appeared in all parts of the islands, most of them departing 
as suddenly the next day. A few wereseen in April, 1852. They were 
numerous from the 12th to the 15th of October, 1874, and a few remained 
behind for some time. I shot one near Devonshire Bay, in a potato- 
field, on the 7th November; its stomach (like that of other specimens 
examined) was full of green caterpillars collected from the leaves of the 
potatoes. I was very angry with myself for having killed the poor bird 
when doing such good service. 
Sub-order PICI. 
Family PICID Ai. 
Sub-family PICINA. 
Genus SPHYRAPICUS, Baird. 
69. Sphyrapicus varius, (Linn.) Bd. Yellow-bellied Woodpecker. 
~ Picus varius, Linn., Gm., Lath., Vieil., Wils., Bp., Wagl., Nutt., Less., Aud., 
Gray, Reich., Maxim., Sci., Reinh., Sund. 5 
Picus (Dendrocopus) varius, Sw. & Rich. 
Pilumnus varius, Bp. 
Sphyrapicus varius, Bd., Malh., Coues, and most late writers. 
Sphyropicus varius, Scl. & Salv., Scl., B. B. & R. 
Picus (Sphryrapicus) varius, Gray. 
Picus atrothorax, Less. 
Length, 8.25; wing, 4.75; tail, 3.30. 
Hab.—The typical form in Eastern North America, north, to 61° at 
least south to Guatemala, Mexico, Cuba, Bahamas, Greenland. (Coues.) * 
