4;W BIRDS OF BRITISH GUIANA. 



Coccijffus americanus Quelch, Timehri (2) v. pp. 95, 90, 1891 (George- 

 town) ; id. op. cit. x. p. 263, 1896 (migration). 



" Americaii Cuckoo/' " Babv-bird," " Foolish-bird " (Quelch). 



Adult male. Upper surface greyish brown, becoming more 

 bronze-brown on the middle tail-feathers, outer feathers blackish 

 tipped, and edged on the outermost with white ; inner webs of 

 primary and secondary quills rufous ; eyelids and upper edge 

 of ear-coverts dark brown ; under surface pearly-white with a 

 tinge of grey on the breast and sides of the body ; under wing- 

 coverts creamy-white; quill-lining rufous. 



Total length 270 mm., culmen 24, wing 150, tail 149, tarsus 27. 



The description of the male is taken from an example collected 

 on the Lower Mazaruni River in 1898. 



Adult female. Similar to the adult male both in the colour of 

 the plumage and in the measurements. 



Breeding-seaso7i. Unknown in British Guiana. 



I^est. Unrecorded in British Guiana. 



Eggs. Undescribed from British Guiana. 



Range in British Gidana. Upper Takutu Mountains, Lower 

 Mazaruni River {McConnell collection) ; Georgetown {QuelcK). 



Extralimital Range. South America generally to Argentina, 

 C-entral America, West India Islands, Xorth America, and occa- 

 sional in Europe. 



Habits. Mr. J. J. Quelch observed this species in Georgetown, 

 and remarks (Timehri (2) v. pp. 95, 96) : — " This species is 

 commonly known by the name Baby-bird. It is sometimes seen 

 among the large mango and sour-sop trees about the town, where, 

 except when it is in the act of catching insects, it remains as 

 if dead to its surroundiniis. The name Foolish-bird is also 

 applied to this bird. Like the other members of the family." 



He also remarks {op. cit. (2) x. p. 263) : — " A special example 

 of migrant is to be found in the American Cuckoo {Coccygus 

 americanus). ^^ 



299. Coccyzus euleri. 



Euler's CIuckoo. 



Cncryzns euleri Cab. J. f. O. 1873, p. 73 (Cantagallo) ; Brabourne & 



Chubb, B. S. Amer. i. p. 151, no. 1477, 1912. 

 Coccyzus americanus (nee Linn.), Shellev, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xix. 



■p. 308, part, 1891. 



Adult female. General colour above earth-brown ; central tail- 



