BIRDS OF NORTH AND MIDDLE AMERICA. 



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COCCYZUS MINOR MAYNARDI (Ridgway). 



BAHAMA MANGROVE CUCKOO. 



* 



Similar to 0. m. paWoris in paleness of coloration but averaging 

 decidedly smaller and with anterior under parts (chest, foreneck, 

 throat, and chin) dull white shaded laterally with pale gray, in con- 

 trast with the pale buff of posterior portions. 



Adult male.— Length (skins), 278-326 (298); wing, 126.5-140 

 (133.1); tail, 154-169 (161.8); exposed culmen, 26.5-28.5 (27.3); 

 tarsus, 26.5-29 (28.2); outer anterior toe, 18.5-21 (19.4).° 



Adult female.— Length (skins), 277-322 (298); wing, 128-145 

 (134.8); tail, 147-170.5 (163.2); exposed culmen, 25.5-30 (27.9); 

 .tarsus, 25.5-30.5 (28.4); outer anterior toe, 18-21.5 (19.8). 6 



Bahama Islands (Abaco, Berry, Eleuthera, New Providence, 

 Andros, Watling, Kum Cay, Long, Acklin, North Caicos, East Caicos, 

 Grand Caicos, and Great Inagua islands) ; Florida Keys (Key West) ; 

 Gulf coast of southern Florida (Marco; Ten Thousand Islands; Char- 

 lotte Harbor) ; Cuba (Manati, and Los Caflos, Guantanamo) ; Grand 

 Cayman?; occasional in Haiti (San Lorenzo, Santo Domingo). 



Coccygus minor (not Cuculus minor Gmelin) Bryant, Proc. Boat. Soc. N. H., xi, 

 1866, 65 (New Providence I., Bahamas). 



o Twenty-one specimens. 



° Nineteen specimens. 



Locality. 



Outer 



anterior 



toe. 



MALES. 



Two adult males from -Florida (Ten Thousand Islands and 



Charlotte Harbor) 



One adult male from Kum Cay 



Five adult males from Watling Island 



One adult male from Abaco Island 



One adult male from Caicos Island 



Three adult males from Inagua Island 



Two adult males from Andros Island 



Four adult males from New Providence Island 



Two adult males from Eleuthera Island 



FEMALES. 



Two adult females from Florida (Marco and Charlotte Harbor) . , 



Oneadultfemalefrom Bum Cay 



Two adult females from Watling Island 



Five adult females from Inagua Island 



Five adult females from New Providence Island 



Oneadultfemalefrom Eleuthera Island 



One adult female from Long Island 



One adult female from Berry Island 



One adultfemale from Cuba (Guantanamo) 



19.7 



19 



19.7 



19.5 



19 



19.7 



19.2 



19 



19 



20.2 



21 



20.2 



19.1 



20.1 



21 



20 



18.5 



19 



