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Order Coccygiformes. Cuckoo-like Birds 1 



Key to the Superfamilies of Coccygiformes 2 



SUPERFAMILY CUCULI. THE CuCKOOS 3 



Family Cuculid2e. The Cuckoos .■ 3 



Key to the American Genera of Cuculidae 4 



Genus 1. Cuculus Linnaeus 6 



1. Cuculus canorus telephonus (Heine) 7 



Genus 2. Coccyzus Vieillot 10 



Key to the Species and Subspecies of Coccyzus 11 



1. Coccyzus americanus americanus (Linnaeus) 12 



2. Coccyzus americanus occidentalis Ridgway ] 7 



3. Coccyzus americanus julieni (Lawrence) 19 



4. Coccyzus minor minor (Gmelin)? 21 



5. Coccyzus minor palloris Ridgway 23 



j3. Coccyzus minor maynardi (Ridgway) 25 



7. Coccyzus minor nesiotes (Cabanis) 26 



8. Coccyzus minor rileyi Ridgway 29 



9. Coccyzus minor vincentis Clark 30 



10. Coccyzus minor dominicse Shelley 31 



11. Coccyzus minor grenadensis Bangs 33 



12. Coccyzus minor abbotti (Stone). 34 



13. Coccyzus ferrugineus Gould •; 34 



14. Coccyzus melacoryphus Vieillot 35 



15. Coccyzus erythropthalinus (Wilson) 38 



16. Coccyzus lansbergi Bonaparte 41 



Genus 3. Coccycua Lesson .' 42 



17. Coccycua rutila panamensis (Todd) 43 



Genus 4. Piaya Lesson 45 



Key to the Species and Subspecies of Piaya 46 



18. Piaya cayana thermophila (Sclater) 47 



19.- Piaya mexicana (Swainson) 51 



Genus 5. Hyetornis Sclater 53 



Key to the Species of Hyetornis.: 54 



20. Hyetornis pluvialis (Gmelin) 55 



21. Hyetornis rufigularis (Wiirttemberg) 56 



Genus 6. Saurothera Vieillot 57 



Key to the Species and Subspecies of Saurothera 58 



22. Saurothera bahamensis bahamensis Bryant 58 



23. Saurothera bahamensis andria (G. S. Miller) 60 



24. Saurothera merlini merlini D'Orbigny 60 



25. Saurothera merlini decolor Bangs and Zappey 61 



26. Saurothera vieilloti Bonaparte 62 



27. Saurothera vetula (Linnaeus) 63 



28. Saurothera dominicensis Lafresnaye 64 



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