274 NORTH AMERICAN BIRDS. 



ochraceous, often including even the throat ; wing 4.95-6.05 (5.40), 

 tail 6.45-7.95 (6.98), exposed culmen 1.00-1.22 (1.10), depth of bill 

 near base .35-.47 (.40). Sab. West Indies in general (except Ba- 

 hamas) and borders of Caribbean Sea, from Guiana to Honduras ; 

 Key West ; coast of Louisiana. 



386. C. minor (Gmel.). Mangrove Cuckoo. 1 

 c 2 . Smaller and with lower parts much paler in color ; posterior lower parts 

 buff (sometimes quite pale, and never approaching the deep ochra- 

 ceous tint of C. minor) ; anterior lower parts (chin, throat, and 

 chest) pale ashy, or grayish white, paler anteriorly, the throat usu- 

 ally more or less tinged with buff; length 11.75-12.25, wing 5.05- 

 5.35 (5.23), tail 6.25-6.90 (6.65), exposed culmen 0.98-1.15 (1.06), 

 depth of bill near base 0.33-0.40 (0.36). Sab. Bahamas and 



Florida Keys — . C. maynardi Eidgw. Maynard's Cuckoo. 2 



a\ Bill without any yellow (basal portion of lower mandible leaden bluish in life) ; 

 adult with tail-feathers (except middle pair) grayish brown (with bronzy 

 green lustre on upper surface), narrowly tipped with white, this preceded 

 by a less distinct subterminal bar of dusky ; young with white tips to tail- 

 feathers narrower and less distinct, the dusky subterminal bar obsolete. 

 Adult : Above bronzy grayish brown, with an olivaceous cast, becoming 

 grayish on forehead and lores ; chin and throat pale buffy grayish (some- 

 times more distinctly buffy) ; rest of lower parts white, faintly tinged on 

 breast and sides with grayish ; naked eyelids bright red in life. Young : 

 Above dull brown, with a coppery bronze lustre, becoming more gray- 

 ish or olivaceous on tail, but more rusty on wings, especially on quills ; 

 lower parts much as in adult ; naked eyelids pale yellowish in life. 

 Nestling : Feathers of upper parts tipped with whitish. Length about 

 11.00-12.70, wing 5.12-5.65, tail 6.25-7.00. Eggs 2-4, 1.11 X -78, deep 

 glaucous-green or verditer-blue. Sab. Eastern North America, north to 

 Labrador and Manitoba, west to Bocky Mountains, south, in winter, to 

 West Indies, Middle America, and northern South America. 



388. C. erythrophthalmus (Wils.). Black-billed Cuckoo. 



1 Pure synonymea of this species are seniculus Lath., helviventrie Cab., dominions Scl. {nee Linn.), and neai- 

 otee Cab. Coecyzus aenieulus of Audubon also belongs here, the supposed Floridan specimen given him by Mr. 

 Harris, and now before me, being this species and not the Bahama one ( C. maynardi), which raises the suspicion 

 that it, like the specimens of Lampornis "mango" {i.e., violicauda) obtained from the same source, probably 

 came from Guiana. C. minor is divisible into several more or less strongly characterized local races, but I 

 shall not attempt such subdivision here. 



2 Dedicated to Mr. C. J. Maynard, the accomplished author of the " Naturalist's Guide" and " Birds of 

 Eastern North America," whose valuable descriptions of the birds of Florida — his special field of investigation — 

 include an interesting account of the peculiar haunts of this species. 



