('L'CKOOS. 22: 
     
     3863» C. m. maynardi (. [fin/flux). Mavxnm's (Radium..SiiniIar to 
     
     the preeedin-J. hut with a slightly smaller hill and mueh paler under parts, 
     
     the throat and breast hein;r grayish white. very t'aintly washed with oehra- 
     
     eeous. \vhieh lit-entries stronger on the la-lly. ll. l'roin .\'., ‘75. 
     
     It‘ll/u i.~>'l’;;lllillll:l8 and Florida Keys. 
     
    
   
   
    
     This bird is a regular summer resident in the, Florida Keys and 
     
     probably adjoining Atlantic mainland (see Scott, Auk, vi, 1889, p. 250). 
     
    
   
   
    
     387. Coccyzus americanus (Li/«1M. YELLHW—iuLiam Creimo. 
     
     (See Fig. rill.) .l«/.il'pper parts hrmvnish gray with slight. greenish gloss; 
     
     most of the \\ini_r~t1-atliers I'll/bus. except at the tip; outer tail-feathers blael‘, 
     
     conspieuously tipped 
     
     with white, \\ hieh ex- 
     
     tends down the outer 
     
     vane of the outer 
     
     feather; under parts 
     
     dull \\ hitish ; hill FIG. 73.—~Tailrfeatliers of Yellow-billed Cuckoo. 
     
     ltlllt‘lx’, the lower inan- 
     
     dihlu yellow, exeept at. the tip. L.‘ 12'2”: W., 5-70; '1‘..I'r;’|l; H. from N., ‘76. 
     
    

    
     ll’cl/IIII'A'Nuivl‘lllS species hears a general resetnhlanee to the lllaek—hilled 
     
     ('uekoo. hut may always he known from that speeies by its yellow lower 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     mandible. rut'ous wing-teathers. and hlaek. white»tippeil tail—timthers. 
     
    

    
     Iz’vtnyo.~--.\'ortli Ana-rim: hreeds from Florida to New Brunswick, and 
     
     winters in ('entral and South Ameriet. 
     
    

    
     \Vashingtun. eonnnon 3.1L. May 2tot)et.15. Sing Sing, enmmon S. It, 
     
     May 4 to Met. 31. (famhridge. common St IL May 1:! to Aug. 
     
    

    
     New]. :1 platti'u‘m ot'small stieks, with a t'e\v g1 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     s or eatkins. generally in 
     
     lo“ trees or vine—covered hushes. four to ten feet from the ground. jz'f/r/s. 
     
     three to five. pale greenish h1ue.]'22 x are. 
     
    
   
   
    
     A long. slim. dovelike hird slips noiselessly by and disappears in 
     
     the depths of a neighboring tree. If you can mark his: position you 
     
     will find him perched motionless and apparently slightly dazed. After 
     
     a moment he recovers and begins to hop about the tree in an active 
     
     search for his favorite fare of caterpillars. Ile is especially fond of 
     
     the kind \vhieh make nests in trees, commonly known as “ tent eater- 
     
     pillars," and if you examine the conspicuous homes of these pests you 
     
     will frequently find them pnnetured with many holes made by the 
     
     ('uekoo‘s hill. A (‘uekuo l shot at six O‘clock one September morning 
     
     had the partially digested remains of fertyahree of these caterpillars 
     
     in his stomach. 
     
    

    
     The notes of the ('uekoo are s1 rikingly eliaraeteristie. and while 
     
     subjeet lti mueh variation may be fairly represented by the syllables 
     
     III/41d, IIH-lul, llz/-/II/. lul-I/Il. ('l—ll!’/f-I‘/—Il(‘]{-f']-(If/f. rl—ue/r-I‘l-ut'k, cl-ur/r, 
     
     CUII'. cow, ('Im'. ('01:; rule, row. It, is not usual, however, to hear the 
     
     whole song given at once. 
     
    

    
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