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early as the last of March, and as late as the middle of June. Most of the eggs ob- 

 tained by Mr. Sennett in Southern Texas were deposited in April. From two to 

 twelve are laid, commonly five to nine; the general shape is ovate and the cplor 

 white or buffy-white. Six selected specimens measure 1.56x1.20, 1.51x1.23, 1.60x1.18, 

 1.50x1.17, 1.57x1.14, 1.56x1.23, 1.58x1.19, 1.61x1.14. 



.185. Road-runner (From Brehm). 



386. MAITOBOVE CUCKOO. Voccysus minor (Gmel.) Geog. Dist.— West In- 

 dies (except Bahamas); Florida Keys; coast of Louisiana; Central to Northern and 

 Eastern South America. 



The Mangrove Cuckoo is very much like the yellow-billed species, C. americanus, 

 with the lower parts of the plumage more deeply colored — deep ochraceous, often 

 extending to the throat; bill similar to that of C. amcrteanus. This species occurs 

 in nearly all of the West Indian Islands, except the Bahamas, and it is a rare summer 

 resident of the Florida Keys. Audubon records it as a regular summer visitor to 

 Key West and the other Keys. In the Island of Jamaica the Mangrove Cuckoo Is 

 said to breed from March to July, building in the low branches of trees and in 



