THK BIRD BOOK 
386. Mangrove Cuckoo. 
Coccyzus minor minor. 
Range. — West Indies, Mexico and South 
America, north regularly to southern Florida. 
This species is very 
similar to our common 
Yellow-billed Cuckoo, 
but the whole under- 
parts are deep buff. It 
is a common species and 
nests abundantly in the 
West Indies, but occurs 
only in limited numbers 
in southern Florida. Light greenish blue 
Their nests are shallow 
platforms of twigs and rootlets, placed in 
bushes and low trees, and upon which they lay 
three or four pale greenish blue eggs, similar 
to those of the Yellow-billed species but averag- 
ing smaller; size 1.15 x .85. 
[386a.] Maynard’s Cuckoo. 
Mangrove Cuckoo „ . 
Yellow-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus minor maynardi. 
Range. — Bahamas; accidental on Florida Keys. This is a slightly smaller 
and paler form than the preceding. 
387- Yellow-billed Cuckoo. Coccyzus americanus americanus. 
Range. — United States east of the Plains and from southern Canada south- 
ward. 
This species is generally abundant in all localities in its range, which afford 
suitable nesting places of tangled underbrush or vines. It may be distinguished 
from the Black-billed variety by its larger size (12 inches long), blackish tail 
with broad white tips, and yellowish lower mandible. They are often regarded 
by the superstitious as forecasters of rain, and as 
omens, probably because of their gutteral croaking 
notes. 
Their nests are made of twigs, lined with shreds 
of grape vine bark or catkins; the nests are gener- 
ally very shabbily made and so flat on the top that 
the eggs frequently roll off. They are located near 
the ground in bushes or low trees. The three or four 
eggs are deposited at intervals of several days, and 
frequently young birds and eggs are found in 
the nest at the same time. Like the Flicker, this 
bird will frequently continue laying if one egg is 
removed at a time, and as many as twelve have been taken from the same nest, 
by this means. The eggs are light greenish blue. Size 1.20 x .90. They are 
usually laid during May or June. 
Pale greenish blue 
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