BIRDS OF NORTH AND MIDDLE AMERICA. 19 



(1)Coccygus erythrophthalmus (not Cuculus erythropthalmus Wilson?) Newberry, 

 Rep. Pacific R. R. Surv., vi, chapt. ii, 1857, 92 (Ft. Reading, California, 

 July). 



C[oceyzus] americanus oceidentalis Ridgway, Man. N. Am. Birds, Sept. 27, 1887, 

 273 (Santa Rita Mts., Arizona; coll. U. S. Nat. Mus.). 



Coccyzus americanus oceidentalis Ridgway, Man. N. Am. Birds, 1887, 591. — 

 Chapman, Auk, v, 1888, 396.— American Ornithologists' Union Com- 

 mittee, Suppl. to Check List, 1889, 9; Check List, 2d ed., 1895, no. 387a; 

 3rd ed., 1910, 182.— Bryant (W. E.), Proc. Calif. Ac. Sci., ser. 2, ii, 1889, 286 

 (Ensenada, Lower California).— Fannin, Check List Birds Brit. Col., 1891, 

 27 (Burrard Inlet;. Kamloops, breeding; Mt. Tolmie).— Lawrence (R. H.), 

 Auk, ix, 1892, 44 (Grays Harbor, Washington, summer resident), 393 (Ridge- 

 field, Clark Co., Washington, breeding).— Bendire, Life Hist. N. Am. Birds, 

 (ii), 1895, 25, pi. 5, fig. 2 (eggs).— Hatch (J. M.), Auk, xiii, 1896, 347, in text 

 (Escondido, California).— Cooke, Bull. Col. Agric. Coll., no. 37, 1897, 82 

 (Colorado, up to 8,000 ft.).— Merrill (J. C), Auk, xiv, 1897, 353 (Ft. Sher- 

 man, Idaho, 1 spec, July, 1895).— Grinnell (J.), Pub. 2, Pasadena Ac. Sci., 

 1898, 24 (Los Angeles Co., California, summer resident); Pacific Coast Avi- 

 fauna, no. 3, 1902, 36 (California range). — Brooks, Auk, xvii, 1900, 106 (coast 

 Brit. Columbia). — Brewster, Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool., xli, 1902, 101 (San 

 Jose 1 del Rancho, s. Lower California, breeding). — Rathbun (S. F.), 

 Auk, xix, 1902, 134 (Seattle, Washington, summer resident). — Swarth, 

 Pacific Coast Avifauna, no. 4, 1904, 10 (Huachuca Mts., Arizona, rare migrant; 

 San Pedro R., Arizona, summer resident). — Bangs, Proc. New Engl. Zool. 

 't)lub, iv, 1908, 23 (San Jos<5, Costa Rica; crit.).— Rockwell, Condor, x, 1908, 

 164 (Mesa Co., w. Colorado, breeding). — Kermode, Provinc. Mus. Victoria, 

 1909, 47 (s. w. Brit. Columbia, breeding; Chilliwack; habits). — Visher, 

 Auk, xxvii, 1910, 282 (near Tucson, Arizona, common, breeding). — Carriker, 

 Ann. Carnegie Mus., vi, 1910, 564 (San Jos6, Costa Rica). — Lacey, Auk, 

 xxviii, 1911, 209 (Kerrville, Texas, breeding). 



[Coccyzus] americanus subsp. oceidentalis Forbes and Robinson, Bull. Liverpool 

 Mus., i, no. 2, 1898, 40. 



[Coccyzus americanus oceidentalis] Shelton, Condor, xiii, 1911, 19-22 (Sonoma 

 Co., California; nesting habits). 



Coccyzus a[mericanus] oceidentalis Peck, Condor, xiii, 1911, 66 (Malheur Co., 

 Oregon).— Jay, Condor, 1911, 69-73, figs. 30-32 (Los Angeles Co., California; 

 nesting habits, etc.). 



[Coccyzus americanus] oceidentalis Cooke, Condor, xiv, 1912, 148, in text (Barr, 

 Colorado, July 25). 



Coccygus americanus oceidentalis Bowles, Auk, xxiii, 1906, 143 (Tacoma, Wash- 

 ington, rare summer resident). 



[Coccyzus] oceidentalis Sharpe, Hand-list, ii, 1900, 164. 



COCCYZUS AMERICANUS JULIENI (Lawrence). 



SOUTHERN YELLOW-BILLED CUCKOO. 



Similar to O. a. americanus but smaller; color of upper parts darker 

 and browner, and inner webs of remiges passing into dull white or very 

 pale dull buffy on edges (except distal portion). 



Adults {sexes alike). — Above, including lores and upper half of 

 auricular region, plain deep hair brown (between hair brown and 

 fuscous), faintly glossed with bronze, the forehead and lores slightly 



