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COCCYZUS AMERICANUS. 



(YELLOW-BILLED CUCKOO.) 



Cuculus carolinensis, Briss. Orn. iv. p. 112 (1760). 



Cuculus dominicensis, Briss. Orn. iv. p. 110 (1760). 



Cuculus americanus, Linn. Syst. Nat. i. p. 170 (1766). 



Cuculus dominicus, Linn. torn. cit. p. 170 (1766). 



Cuculus carolinensis, Wils. Am. Orn. iv. p. 13, pi. 28 (1811, ex Briss.). 



Coccyzus, Vieill. (Coucou de la Caroline, Buff.) Analyse, p. 28 (1816). 



Coccyzus pyropterus, Vieill. Nouv. Diet. viii. p. 270 (1817). 



Coccyzus americanus (L), Bp. Obs. Wils. no. 47 (1825). 



Cureus americanus (L.), Boie, Isis, 1831, p. 541. 



Cuculus cinerosus, Temm. Man. d'Orn. iii. p. 277 (1835). 



Erylhroplirys carolinensis, Swains. Classif. of B. ii. p. 322 (1837). 



Erythrophrys americanus (L.), Bp. Comp. List, p. 40 (1838). 



Coccystes americanus (L.), Keys. & Bias. Wirbelth. Eur. p. 34 (1840). 



Coccyzus dominicus (L.), Baird, Proc. Ac. Phil. 1863, p. 64. 



Coccyzus bairdi, Sclater, P. Z. S". 1864, p. 120. 



Coccygus julieni, Lawr. Ann. N.Y. Lye. viii. p. 42 (1864). 



Figurce notabiles. 

 D'Aubenton, PI. Enl. 816; Werner, Atlas, Suppl. Zigodactiles, pi. 1; Gould, B. of Eur. 

 pi. 242; Wils. Am. Orn. iv. pi. 13. fig. 1; Audubon, B. Am. pi. 275. 



Ad. corpore suprk fusco-olivaceo vix metallico nitente, fronte cinereo tincta. : remigibus intus rufo-ciimamomeis : 

 rectricibus centralibus dorso concoloribus, reliquis nigris albo late terminatis, extima utrinque in 

 pogonio externo fere omnino alba : subtus albus : rostro superiore corneo, ad basin flavo, inferiore 

 flavo-aurantiaco, corneo apicato : pedibus griseo-plumbeis : iride fusca. 



Juv. adulto similis, sed Cauda, subtus grisea, rectricibus minus albo terminatis. 



Adult Female (Matamoras, Mexico, 29tli July) . Upper parts metallic olivaceous brown, tinged with ash 

 towards the base of the bill ; quills like the back, except that all but the two outer primaries are rich 

 cinnamon-red from the base nearly to the tip, this colour becoming paler on the outside of the inner 

 web ; central tail-feathers like the back, the rest black, broadly tipped with white, the external rectrix 

 with the outer web nearly all white ; sides of the head to below the eye olive-brown, tinged with ash ; 

 underparts white, the sides of the neck faintly tinged with ash ; upper mandible dark bluish horn, yellow 

 at the base; lower mandible yellow, tipped with horn blue; legs light lead-blue ; iris dark brown. Total 

 length about 12 inches, culmen 0'95, wing 5 '9, tail 62, tarsus 1*05. 



Adult Male (Medina, Texas) . Does not appreciably differ from the female above described, either in size 

 or plumage. 



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