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U. S. F. E. E. EXP. AND SUEVETS — ZOOLOGY — GENEEAL KEPOET. 



COOOYaUS MINOE, Cab. 



Mangrove Cuckoo. 



? Cucubis minor, Gmelin, Syst. Nat. I, 1788, 411. 



?Coccyzus minor, Gundlach, Cab. Journal fiirCrn. 1856, 104, (Cuba.) 



Cuculus siniculus. Lath. Ind. I, 1790, 219. 



Coccyzus seniculm, Nutt. Man. I, 1832, 558.— Aud . Cm. Biog. II, 1834, 390 ; pi. 169.— Ib. Birds America, IV, 



1842, 303 ; pi. 277.— Gosse, Birds Jamaica, 281.— Bon. Conspectus, 1850, III. 



Erythrophrys seniculws, Bon. List, 1838. 



* 

 Sp. Ch. mandible yellow, except at the tip. Body above olivaceous, strongly tinged with ashy towards and on the 



head. Beneath pale yellowish brown, darkest on the legs and abdomen, becoming lighter to the bill. An elongated spot of 



ark plumbeous behind the eye. Inner edges of the quills and under wing coverts like the belly. Tail feathers, except the 



central, black, with a sharply defined tip of white for about an inch, this color not extending on the outer web of the quill. 



Length, about 12 inches ; wing, about 5j . 



Ha6.— Florida Keys to West Indies. 



This species is readily distinguishable by its fulvous under parts and dark ear coverts. It 

 has the yellow bill and dark tail, with broad white tips^ of 0. americanus, although the white 

 does not extend along the outer web of the feathers. 



According to Mr. Audubon, this species is a regular summer visitor to Key West and the 

 other Florida Keys. 



List of specimens. 



