264 PROCEEDINGS: BOSTON SOCIETY NATURAL HISTORY. 
it is very possible that there are two forms here, one inhabiting the 
hot and dry lowlands in the southern part of the island, and the 
other the moist wooded regions. Unfortunately, I have not been 
able to obtain a specimen of true C. m. minor' from South America 1 
for comparison with my birds from Grenada and the Grenadines, 
but I have thought it best to refer them to this form, as they agree 
fairly well with Buffon’s plate. In color they are pale below espe¬ 
cially on the throat and breast. Compared with an example of 
C. m. nesiotes from Jamaica, while only slightly paler on the abdo¬ 
men, they are strikingly less huffy on the throat and breast, which 
are almost a dead white tinged with gray (more pronounced in the 
males) particularly along the sides of the neck. The bill is small 
and weak in comparison with that of St. Vincent birds. 
The Cuckoo Manioc is common on all the Grenadines. It is slow 
and stupid in its actions, and frequents hillsides grown up to scrub, 
although it is sometimes found on the borders of mangrove swamps. 
Its cry is a peculiar guttural rattle, sounding in the distance like the 
noise made by the American marsh frog (liana palustris). 
On Grenada this bird is uncommon, and appears to be mainly 
confined to the low scrubby districts in the vicinity of Point Saline, 
where the conditions are similar to those on the Grenadines. 
The nest is loosely built, like that of C. americanus , and gener¬ 
ally well hidden. The eggs are two or three in number, pale 
green. 
The Mangrove Cuckoos which I obtained on St. Vincent appear 
to represent a well marked local race, for which I propose the 
name 
Coccyzus minor vincentis subsp. nov. 
St. Vincent Cuckoo. 
Coccyzus minor Lawr., Proc. U. S. nat. mus., vol. 1, p. 193, 1878 ; Lister, Ibis, 
1880, p. 41 ; [Clark], W. I. bull., vol. 5, p. 88, [1902], (Part.) 
Coccyzus minor clominicae Shelley, Cat. birds Brit, mus., vol. 19, p. 306, 1891 ; 
Cory, Cat. W. I. birds, pp. 102, 141, 1892; Mayn., Cat. birds W. I., 2d 
app., p. 36. no. 76. 1, 1903. (Part.) 
Coccyzus minor shelleyi Riley, Smiths, misc. coll., vol. 47, p. 285, 1904. (Part.) 
1 The type locality of C. minor is Cayenne. 
