716 SYNOPSIS OF 
FAMILY XVI. —CUCULIDA, Vigors. 
GENUS COCCYZUS, Vieill. AMERICAN CUCKOO. 
278. Coccyzus Americanus, Linn. — Yellow-billed Cuckoo, Wilson, 
p. 267. f 
Coceyzus Americanus, Bonap. Syn. p. 42. Nutt. i. 551. Aud. i. 18; v. 520; plate 
2; Syn. p. 187. 
279. Coccyzus erythrophthalmus, Wilson. — Black-billed Cuckoo, 
Wilson, p. 269. at : 
Coceyzus erythrophthalmus, Bonap. Syn. p. 42. Nutt. i. 556. Aud. i. 570; v. 523 
plate 32; Syn. p. 187. f a 
280. Coccyzus seniculus, Lath. —Mangrove Cuckoo, 
Upper parts, greenish brown; head with a gray tinge; lower paris, 
-brownish orange; outer tail-feathers tipped with white. Male, 12,15. 
Habitat, Florida Keys. Nests in trees. Kygs, two, light green. 
Coccyzus seniculus, Wutt. i. 558. url. ii. 390; plate 169; Syn. p. 188. 
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FAMILY XIX. — PSITTACIDA. 
GENUS CENTURUS, Ruhl. — PARRAKEET. 
281. Centurus Carolinensis. — Carolina Parrakeet, Wilson, p. 246. 
Psittacus Carolinensis, Bonap. Syn, p. 41. Nutt. i. 545. Aud. i. 135; plate 26.— 
“Centurus Curolinensis, 4ud. Syn. p. 189. : 
ORDER III.—RASORES, Vigors. 
FAMILY 1.—COLUMBID: 
GENUS COLUMBA, Linn.— DOVE. 
282. Columba fasciata, Say. — Band-tailed Pigeon. 
Head, fore neck, and breast, reddish purple, whitish towards abdomen ; 
hind neck, greenish brown, with a white rifig ; upper parts, grayish blue ; 
rump and sides, blue; tail, grayish blue, with a black band. Male, 16. 
Female, 154. Habitat, Rocky Mountains to Columbia River. Eggs, two, 
placed on the ground without any nest, yellowish white with minute spots. 
Columba fasciuta, Bonap. Syn. -p. 119; Orn. i. 77 Nutt. i. 624. Aud, iv. 479; 
Syn. p. 191; plate 367. i : 
283. Columba leucocephala, Linn. — White-headed Pigeon. 
Upper parts, grayish blue; lower, paler; head, white; hind neck, dark 
purplish brown; lower parts and sides, green, changing to gold, mixed 
with black. Male, 144, 233. Female, 14. Habitat, F’orida Reve Nests 
in trees. Eggs, two, white. : 
Columba Jeucocephala, Bonap. Syn. p. 119; Orn. ii. 15. Mutt. 1.625 Aud. i. 
443 ; v.557; plate 177; Syn. p. 191. 
