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Geococcyx califomitous (Lesson). Road-rmuier. [385.] 



Saurothera califorrdana Lesson, Compl. CEuvres Buffon, VI, 1829, 420. 

 (California.) 



Range. — Mainly Lower Sonoran and lower part of Upper Sonoran 

 zones in California (north to upper Sacramento Valley), Colorado, 

 Kansas, and western and middle Texas south through Lower Cali- 

 fornia and the tableland of Mexico to Puebla. 



Subfamily COCCYZIN.X. Amehican Cuckoos. 

 Genus COCCYZUS Vieillot. 



Coccyzus Vieillot, Analyse, 1816, 28. Type, by monotypy, "Coucou de 

 la Caroline, Buff." = Ciuyalus americanus Linnaeus. 



Coccyzus minor (Gmelin). 



Range. — Florida Keys south through the West Indies and Mexico 

 to Central America and northern South America. 



o. Coccyzus minor minor (Gmelin). Mangrove Cuckoo. [386.] 

 Cuculus minor Gmelin, Syst. Nat., I, i, 1788, 411. (Cayenne.) 



Range. — Key West, Florida, West Indies (except Bahamas), and coast of 

 Mexico and Central America to northeastern South America. 



[6. Coccyzus minor mafnardi Ridgwat. Maynard's Cuckoo. [386o.] 



Coccyzus maynardi Ridgway, Manual N. A. Birds, 1887, 274. (Ten 

 Thousand Islands, Florida.) 



Range. — Florida Keys and the Bahamas.] 



Coccyzus americanus (LiNNjEtrs). 



Range. — Temperate North America, south in winter to South 

 America. 



a. Coccyzus americanus americanus (Linn.s:us). Tellow-billed Cuckoo. 

 [387.] 



Cuculus americanus LinnjEus, Syst. Nat., ed. 10, 1, 1758, 111. (Carolina.) 



Range. — Parts of North and South America. Breeds mainly in Austral 

 zones but reaching into Transition, from North Dakota, Minnesota, southern 



