In the mountain regions om meets with a very curious bird, the Cuban 
ticzard Cuckoo, a rather large individual, almost twenty inches in length, 
of which the long, broad tail makes up three-fifths of its entire length, 
while the bill adds almost two inches at tJie other end. The Llzzard Cuckoo 
is a var liable clown, curious , inquiring and ext reps ly amusing, (Tell what 
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you know about Its note and give its Spanish name)* It can readily be called 
up by repeating its note, but it always Insists on keeping son® branches or 
something between you and him and also to remain In the shade near you, thus 
rendering photographing almost an impossibility. Having oalled Ms to you he 
will look at you, moving his tail side-wise, probably extending it afc right 
angles to the body and holding it to one side for a while or he may cock it 
upward like a Wren or swish it from side to side, then sneak away slyly, almost 
like a shadow » or ho may spread hie winga and tumble all over himself and 
shatter away as if be had discovered the most amusing thing possible and could 
not resist bubbling over with mirth. At such times, he is so comical that you 
cannot help joining him in Ms laughter. All in all he can be oalled one of 
the most interesting members of the Cuban Avifauna* The color of the bird Is 
a pals grayish brown with a metallic flush, about the primaries cinnamon 
color, the throat and the anterior part of the under surface are grayish, wash- 
ed with pale brown, while the posterior portion is pale reddish brown. The 
large, broad tail feathers, excepting the inner ones, which are the longest, 
are tipped with white and crossed by a broad band of black just within th© 
white tip. 
