524 CUCULID^. 



p. 47'; Sumichrast, La Nat. v. p. 239'; Ridgw. Pr. U. S. Nat. Mus. x. p. 577'; xvi. 

 p. 518 ' ; Salv. Ibis, 1889, p. 372 " ; 1890, p. 88 " ; Cherrie, Pr. U. S. Nat. Mus. xiv. p. 536 " ; 

 Auk, 1892, p. 326'' ; Shelley, Cat. Birds Brit. Miis. xix. p. 304, t. 12. f. 3'*; Cory, Birds 

 W. Indies, p. 102"; Richmond, Pr. U. S. Nat. Mus. xvi. p. 518". 

 Coccyzus seniculus, Vieill. Enc. Meth. iii. p. 1346"; Nutting, Pr. U. S. Nat. Mus. v. p. 401"; vi. 

 pp. 376", 388'°. 



Supra fusco-griseus, seneo tIx micans, capite summo grisescentiore ad frontem pure plumbeo, loris vix obscuri- 

 oribus, stria lata utrinque infra oculos (teotricibus auricularibus includente) nigra ; subtus fulvidus, gula 

 antica albescente ; alls et caudffi rectricibus mediis dorso concoloribus, his ad apicem nigricantibus, rectri- 

 cibus reliquis nigris, macula alba terminali notatis, subalaribus et remigibus intus fulvidis ; rostro nigri- 

 cante, mandibula infra ad basin flavida; pedibus plumbeis. Long, tota circa 12-0, alae 5'3, caudse rectr. 

 med. 6-5, rectr. lat. 4-3, rostri a rictu 1-2, tarsi 1-1. (Descr. exempl. ex Cozumel I., Yucatan. Mus. nostr.) 



Sexus similes. 



Hab. NoKTH America, Louisiana, Florida, Key West*. — Mexico, Tampico (W. B. 

 Bichardson), Dos Arroyos {Mrs. H. E. Smith), Tapana, Cacoprieto {Sumichrast ''), 

 Temax, Izamal, Buctzotz, Cozumel 1.^^ {G. F. Gaumer); Salvador, La Libertad 

 ( W. B. Richardson) ; HoifDUEAS, Euatan I. ( G. F. Gaumer ^% Puerto Cabello 

 {G. M. Whitely^); Nicaragua, Chinandega {W. B. Bichardson), San Juan del 

 Suri9, Sucuya^o {Nutting), Greytown {Bichmond ^^) ; Costa Kica, Punta Arenas 

 {Boucard^), La Palma {Nutting ^^), San Jose {Cherrie '^^ '^'^) ; Panama, Chiriqui 

 {Capt. Kellett & Lieut. Wood). — South America, from Colombia and Venezuela to 

 Guiana ^ and the Lower Amazons ^* ; Antilles generally i^, Swan Island ^. 



This Cuckoo may be easily recognized by the fulvous colouring of its under surface, 

 by the dark patch over the ears, by the orange base of the mandible, and by the distinct 

 ■white ends to the lateral rectrices. Both C. americanus and C. erythrophthalmus have 

 the under surface white, and the latter a wholly black bill and indistinct marks at the 

 end of the lateral rectrices. C. melanocoryphus of South America has a fulvous under 

 surface, but the bill is wholly black. 



The range of C. minor may be generally defined as extending over nearly the whole 

 of the West-Indian Islands and the countries surrounding the western and southern 

 shores of the Caribbean Sea. It has also been found sparingly in Florida and 

 Louisiana. In Central America, though widely dispersed from Tampico to Panama, 

 and even to the shores of the Pacific, it is nowhere common, and we have traced its 

 range by degrees from a few specimens that have come before us from time to time in 

 the various collections we have examined. Whether it is a resident or a migrant 

 within our area we are unable to say, but probably, from what we know of its conveners 

 some periodic change of its residence takes place at times. The name " Mano-rove 

 Cuckoo," by which it is known in the United States, implies that it is a bird of the 

 mangrove swamps of the sea-shore, and it would seem that such places are its chief 

 resort, but from Dr. Gaumer's records, as well as those of other collectors, it occurs 

 in inland localities as well. Mr. Cheriie states that besides frequenting both coasts of 



