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with irridescent margins; wings and tail with bluish reflections; tail much 
rounded. L., 12*50; T., 7*75; W., 5*75; B., *95; depth, *85. 
Range. — West Indies, Yucatan, and e. S. A.; rare or casual in La. and 
S. Fla., accidental near Phila., and Edenton, N. C. 
The Groove-billed Ani (884- Crotophaga sulcirostris ) of our Mexican 
border and southward, has been reported from Florida (Lake Worth, Jan. 
1891), but it seems not improbable that the bird in question was Crotophaga 
ani. {Auk, 1891, 313.) 
386 Coeeyzus minor minor {Gmel.). Mangrove Cuckoo. Ads . — 
Upperparts brownish gray, grayer on head, with glossy reflections; wings 
and middle pair of tail-feathers like back; outer tail-feathers black, broadly 
tipped with white; ear-coverts black; underparts ochraceous-buff, bill black, 
lower mandible yellow except at tip; L., 12*50; W., 5*40; T., 50; B. from N. 
*80. 
Range. — Key West, Fla., West Indies (except Bahamas), and coast 
of Mex., and Cen. Am. to ne. S. A. 
Nest, a platform of sticks, in low trees and bushes. Eggs, 3-4, greenish 
blue. Date, Manatee Co., Fla., May 28. 
This bird is apparently a rare summer resident on the Gulf coast 
of Florida, but its relationships in this region to the following race 
appear to be unknown. 
386a. C. m. maynardi Ridgw. Maynard’s Cuckoo. Similar to 
the preceding, but with a slightly smaller bill and much paler underparts, 
the throat and breast being grayish white, very faintly washed with ochra- 
ceous, which becomes stronger on the belly. B. from N., *75. 
Range. — Florida Keys and the Bahamas. 
This bird is a regular summer resident in the Florida Keys and 
probably adjoining Atlantic mainland (Scott, Auk, 1889, p. 250). 
387. Coeeyzus americanus americanus {Linn.). Yellow-billed 
Cuckoo. (Fig. 53. ) Ads. — Upperparts brownish gray with slight greenish 
gloss; most of the wing-feathers rufous, except at the tip; outer tail-feathers 
black, conspicuously tipped with white, which extends down the outer vane 
of the outer feather; underparts dull whitish; bill black, the lower mandible 
yellow except at the tip. 
L., 12*20; W., 5*70; T., 
6*20; B. from N., *76. 
Remarks. — This spe- 
cies bears a general re- 
semblance to the Black- 
billed Cuckoo, but may 
always be known from Fig. 91. Tail-feathers of Yellow-billed Cuckoo, 
that species by its yel- 
low lower mandible, rufous wing-feathers, and black, white-tipped tail- 
feathers. 
Range. — Breeds mainly in Austral zones but reaching into Transition, 
from N. D., Minn., s. Ont., Que., and N. B. s. to Mex., La., and n. Fla., 
and w. to S. D., Nebr., and Okla. ; migrates through the West Indies and 
Cen. Am. ; winters s. to Argentina. 
Washington, common S. R., May 3-Oct. 13. Ossining, common S. R., 
May 4-Oct. 31. Cambridge, common S. R., May 12-Sept. 15. N. Ohio, 
common S. R., Apl. 20-Sept. 25. Glen Ellyn, quite common S. R., May 15- 
Sept. 29. SE. Minn., common S. R., May 21-Aug. 20. 
Nest, a platform of small sticks, with a few grasses or catkins, generally 
in low trees or vine-covered bushes, 4-10 feet up. Eggs , 3-5, pale greenish 
