BIRDS OF THE -BAHAMA ISLANDS. 
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FAM. CUCULIDHE. 
CUCKOOS. 
SAUROTHERA BAHAMENSIS. Bryant. 
Bahama Cuckoo. 
Adult. — Above, pale olive, showing slight greenish reflections; 
throat and breast dull grayish white ; belly and crissum, tawny ; pri- 
maries, mostly rufous; tail-feathers, except the two central ones, 
tipped with pale brownish white ; legs, slaty blue ; soles of the feet, 
yellow ; eyelids, vermilion red ; upper mandible, brownish, shading 
into slate-color at the base ; iris, brown. 
Length 18, wing 6.25, tail 9.50, tarsus 1.50, bill 1.80. 
I met with this bird but once. A single specimen taken at Nassau, 
June 17. Dr. Bryant states that it was quite abundant during his 
visits, and that the inhabitants called it Rain Crow. In this I think 
that he was mistaken in the species, as the negroes who saw my 
specimen considered it to be the same as C. minor , “ only full 
grown.” It is a curious fact that Dr. Bryant did not meet with C. 
minor , while I found it abundant on many of the islands. He also 
says, “ Its food during the winter consisted principally of a species 
