271 
Birds of Paraguay. 
that had been built on the side of a tree, in the month 
of November 1904. As this is one of the most difficult of 
all birds to skin, the collector feels rather sorry than other¬ 
wise when a specimen is met with; the skin is about as 
tough as wet tissue paper, and the feathers fall out in large 
clusters at the slightest touch. As may be imagined, the 
patience of the collector is tried to the utmost before the 
specimen can be put on one side as a good skin.— W. F.~\ 
51. CoCCYZUS AMERICANUS. 
Cuculus americanus Linn. Syst. Nat. i. p. 170 (1766: 
Carolina). 
Coccyzus americanus Berlepsch, J. f. O. 1887, p. 133 
(Buenos Ayres) ; Shelley, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xix. p. 308 
(1891). 
a. ad. Sapucay, January 12, 1904. 
Bill, lower mandible orange-yellow ; feet pale slate- 
coloured ; iris brown. 
This species does not appear to have been previously 
recorded from Paraguay, though known from Argentina. 
I have compared the specimen with others from North 
America and find it to be identical both in measurements 
and colour of plumage. It is fully adult and is moulting 
its primary-quills and tail-feathers. 
[A rare species with us here, inhabiting the large forests. 
I cannot say with certainty whether it is resident or not. 
—W. F.~\ 
52. Coccyzus melanocoryphus. 
Ceniciento Azara, Apunt. ii. p. 368. no. cclxviii. (1905). 
Coccyzus melanocoryphus Yieill. N. Diet. d'Hist. Nat. viii. 
p. 271 (1817) ; Berlepsch, J. f. O. 1887, pp. 24, 121 
(Lambare); Shelley, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xix. p. 307; 
Ihering, Revista Mus. Paulista, vi. p. 335. 
a . ? ad. Sapucay, November 7, 1902. 
Iris light brown. 
b. $ ad. Sapucay, March 13, 1904. 
Bill black ; tarsi and feet bluish slate-coloured. 
