IvORTH AMPRICAN BIRDS. 



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bushes. The nest is described as a loosely made structure, composed of a few dry 

 sticks. The eggs are three, rarely four, in number, of a glaucous-green color, oval- 

 oblong in shape, and on the whole they are of the same size and general appearance 

 as those of C. americanus. 



386a. MAYNAED'S CUCKOO. Coccyzus minor mayvardi Ridgw. Geog. 

 Dist. — Bahamas and Florida Keys. Cuba.(?) 



A smaller and somewhat paler race than the preceding and from which it has 

 been separated in the last decade. It has so far only been found at Key West, 

 where it is rare, but is thought to breed there in limited numbers. The eggs are un- 

 known, but probably are indistinguishable from those of the Yellow-billed Cuckoo. 



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3S7. YelloW'Billed Cuckoo (From Brehm). 



387. YELLOW-BILLED CUCKOO. Cocetj:vs americanus (Linn.) Geog. 

 Dist. — Eastern North America, north to British Province, west to the edge of Great 

 Plains, south in winter to tropical regions — West Indies, Eastern Mexico and Costa. 

 Rica. 



