BIBDS OF NOBTH AND MIDDLE AMEKICA. 17 



ves, Tamaulipas, Sept., Oct.). — Honeywill, Auk, xxviii, 1911, 233 (Crooked 

 Lake, Minnesota). 



Coccygus americanus Cabanis, Journ. fur Orn., 1856, 104 (Cuba); 1862, 167 (Costa 

 Rica).— Baird, Rep. Pacific R. R. Surv., ix, 1858, 76; Cat. N. Am. Birds, 

 1859, no. 69.— Gundlach, Journ. fur Orn., 1861, 415 (Cuba; crit.).— Schle- 

 gbl, Mus. Pays-Bas, i, no. 25 (Cuculi), 1864, 37.— Frantzius, Journ. fur 

 Orn., 1869, 361 (Costa Rica).— Baird, Brewer, and Ridgway, Hist. N. Am. 

 Birds, ii, 1874, 477, part, pi. 48, fig. "3"=4.— Rathbun (F. R.), Rev. List 

 Birds Centr. N. Y., 1879, 25 (breeding).— Sennett, Bull. U. S. Geol. and 

 Geog. Surv. Terr., v, 1879, 415 (Lomita'Ranch, s. Texas, breeding; habits).— 

 Dalgleish, Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, v, 1880, 73 (5 British Island, 1 French, 1 

 Belgian records).— Widmann, Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, vii, 1882, 56 (parasitic 

 habits).— Coues, Check List, 2d ed., 1882, no. 429, part— Zeledon, Anal. 

 Mus. Nac. C. R., i, 1887, 123 (Cartagoand SanJuande SanJos6, Costa Rica).— 

 Beyer, Proc. La. Soc. Nat. for 1897-99 (1900), 102 (Louisiana, breeding). 



C[occygus] americanus Maximilian, Journ. fur Orn., 1858, 423. — Cabanis and 

 Heine, Mus. Hein., iv, Heft 1, 1862, 75 (Georgia; etc.).— Coues, Key N. 

 Am. Birds, 2d ed., 1884, 476, part. 



[Coccygus] americanus Gundlach, Journ. fiir Orn., 1861, 334 (Cuba). — Cory, 

 List Birds West Ind., 1885, 19 (Bahamas; Cuba). 



Piaya americana Lesson, Traitd d'Orn., 1831, 142. 



C[occystes] americanus Keyserling and Blasius, Wirb. Eur., 1840, pp. xxxiv, 

 147. — Hartert, Kat. Vogelsamml. Mus. Senckenb., 1891, 147. 



[Coccyzon] americanus Heine and Reichenow, Nom. Mus. Hein. Orn., 1890, 202 

 (Georgia). 



Eryihrophrys americanus Bonaparte, Geog. and Comp. List, 1838, 40. 



Coccyzus pyropterusYxKiLLOT, Nouv. Diet. d'Hist. Nat., viii, 1817, 270 (new name 

 for Cuculus americanus Linnseus). 



(?) [Cuculus]'dxyninicus Linnsius, Syst. Nat., ed. 12, i, 1766, 170 (Santo Domingo; 

 based on Cuculus dominicensis Brisson, Orn., iv, 110, pi. 9). — Gmelin, Syst. 

 Nat., i, pt. 1, 1788, 416.— Latham, Index Orn., i, 1790, 221. 



(?) Coccygus dominicus Baird, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1863, 154. 



(?) Coccygus dominicus t Bryant, Proc. Bost. Soc. N. H., xi, 1867, 96 (Santo 

 Domingo). 



(?) P[iaya] dominica Gray, Gen. Birds, ii, 1846, 457. 



[Coccyzus] flavirostris Gloger, Journ. fiir Orn., ii, May, 1854, 223 (new name for 

 Cuculus americanus Gmelin). 



Cuculus carolinensis Wilson, Am. Orn., iv, 1811, 13, pi. 28, fig. 1 (new name for 

 C. americanus Linnseus ? ). 



Coccyzus bairdi Sclater, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1864 (pub. Aug. 1), 120 (Jamaica; 

 coll. P. L. Sclater). 



Coccyzus minor (not Cuculus minor Gmelin) Bonhote, Auk, xviii, 1901, 148 (Cay 

 Lobos, Bahamas; see Bonhote, Auk, xx, 1903, 179). 



COCCYZUS AMERICANUS OCCIDENTALIS Ridgway. 



CALIFORNIA CUCKOO. 



Similar to O. a. americanus but averaging decidedly larger. 



Adult male.— Length (skins), 276-309 (287); wing, 143.5-154'.5 

 (149.6); tail, 140-155 (147.1); exposed culmen, 27-30 (27.7); tarsus, 

 25-29 (26.7); outer anterior toe, 18.5-20 (19.1).° 



o Eleven specimens. 

 1957°— Bull. 50, pt 7—16 2 



