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Coccyzus minor Cory, Birds Bahama Ib., 1880, 117 (New Providence I.); Auk, 

 iii, 1886, 365, part (Bahamas); Birds West Ind., 1889, 160, part (Bahamas). 



C[occyzus] maynardi Ridgway, Man. N. Am. Birds, Sept. 27, 1887, 274 (Ten 

 "Thousand Islands, Florida; coll. U. S. Nat. M»s.). 



Coccyzus majmaroi Ridgway, Man. N. Am. Birds, 1887, 591.— Cory, Auk, v, 1888, 

 159; viii, 1891, 394 (Inagua I., Bahamas; descr. abnormally colored speci- 

 men) .—Chapman, Auk, v, 1888, 396.— (?) Nicoll, Ibis, 1904, 584 (Grand 

 Cayman).— Verrill (A. E. and A. H.), Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1909, 359 

 (San Lorenzo, Santo Domingo). 



[Coccyzus] maynardi Sharpb, Hand-list, ii, 1900, 163. 



Coccygus maynardi Cory, Birds West Ind., 1889, 296. 



Coccyzus minor maynardi American Ornithologists' Union Committee, Suppl. 

 to Check List, 1889, 9; Check List, 2d ed., 1895, no.' 386a; 3d ed., 1910, . 

 181.— Scott, Auk, vi, 1889, 250 (Key West, Florida, breeding).— Northrop, 

 Auk, viii, 1891, 75 (Andros I., Bahamas).— Cory, Auk, viii, 1891, 294 (New 

 Providence I.), 295 (Berry Islands), 297 (Caicos Islands), 351 (Eleuthera I.; 

 Inagua I.); ix, 1892, 48 (Watling I.); Cat. West Ind. Birds, 1892, 102, 141, 

 part (Berry, Eleuthera, New Providence, Andros, Watling, Rum Cay, 

 North Caicos, Grand Caicos, East Caicos, and Great Inagua islands, Bahamas; 

 Grand Cayman).— Ridgway, Auk, viii, 1891, 336 (Eleuthera I.), 337 (Wat- 

 ling I.), 338 (Rum Cay).— Bendire, Life Hist. N. Am. Birds, ii, 1895, 19 — 

 Bonhote, Ibis, 1899, 515 (New Providence I.; habits); 1903, 294 (New Provi- 

 dence I.; habits). — Bangs, Auk, xviii, 1900, 288 (New Providence I.; descr. 

 young). — Riley, Smithson. Misc. Coll., vol. 47, no. 8, 1904, 285; Auk, xxii, 

 1905, 355 (New Providence I.; Long I.). — Todd, Ann. Carnegie Mus., vii, 

 1911, 420 (Great Inagua; Watling I.; Abaco I.; crit.). — Worthington, 

 Ann. Carnegie Mus., vii, 1911, 453 (Acklin I., etc., Bahamas). — Ramsden, 

 Auk, xxix, 1912, 393 (Manati, Guantanamo, Cuba, 1 spec., March 9, 1912; 

 Los'Cafios, Guantanamo, 1 spec, March 26, 1911). 



C[occyzus] minor maynardi Ridgway, Man. N. Am. Birds, 2d ed., 1896, 274. — 

 Bangs, Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., xx, 1907, 53, 54, in text. 



[Coccyzus] minor subsp. maynardi Forbes and Robinson, Bull. Liverpool Mus., 

 i, no. 2, 1898, 40. 



COCCYZUS MINOR NESIOTES (Cabanis). 



JAMAICAN MANGROVE CUCKOO. 



Similar to O. m. minor, but pileum more grayish, especially on 

 forehead; subauricular and (usually) suborbital regions, malar region, 

 chin, throat, and chest more or less distinctly tinged with pale gray 

 and (usually, at least) decidedly lighter in color than under parts of 

 body; similar also to C. m. maynardi but more deeply colored below, 

 the under parts of body, etc., much deeper buffy, and the chest, fore- 

 neck, and throat distinctly buffy. 



Adult male. — Length (skins), 268-320 (291); wing, 125-145 

 (132.6); tail, 148-174.5 (161.1); exposed culmen, 24.5-30 (27.5); 

 tarsus, 25-30 (28.1); outer anterior toe, 17.5-20.5 (18.9).° 



° Thirty-seven specimens. 



