. Birds of the United States east of the Rocky Mountains, a manual for the identification of species in hand or in the bush;. Birds; Birds. 182 KEY AND DESCRIPTION 2. Road-runner (385. Geocdccyx californianus). — A large, long-tailed, crested, coarse-plumaged, ground bird, with the body striped with buffy and bronze-brown, somewhat glossed with green. Skin around the eye naked. (Ground Cuckoo.) Length, 20-24 ; wing, 6| (0^-7) ; tail, 10-12 ; tarsus, 2 ; culmen, 2. Kansas and Colorado to California, and south to central Mexico. 3. Mangrove Cuckoo (386. Coccyzus minor). —This rare sum- mer resid
. Birds of the United States east of the Rocky Mountains, a manual for the identification of species in hand or in the bush;. Birds; Birds. 182 KEY AND DESCRIPTION 2. Road-runner (385. Geocdccyx californianus). — A large, long-tailed, crested, coarse-plumaged, ground bird, with the body striped with buffy and bronze-brown, somewhat glossed with green. Skin around the eye naked. (Ground Cuckoo.) Length, 20-24 ; wing, 6| (0^-7) ; tail, 10-12 ; tarsus, 2 ; culmen, 2. Kansas and Colorado to California, and south to central Mexico. 3. Mangrove Cuckoo (386. Coccyzus minor). —This rare sum- mer resident of the extreme south is similar to the next, but with the ear coverts black and the under parts a rich buff. Length, 12i ; wing, b\ (5-6) ; tail, 7 ; culmen, 1. Florida, Louisiana, and West Indies to northern South America. Maynard's Cuckoo (386a. C. m. maynardi) differs from the last in having the lower parts a pale buff instead of ochraceous buff. Dimensions a little less. Bahamas and the Florida Keys. 4. Yellow-billed Cuckoo (387. Coccyzus americanus). — A common, long, slender, long-tailed, brownish-gray bird, with a slender, curved bill and con- spicuously white-tipped outer tail feathers. The under parts are whitish, the wings have much cinnamon color, and the under mandible is yellow at base. This bird destroys great numbers of that pest of our Yellow-billed Cuckoo ., .-,, trees, — the tent caterpillar. Its notes are a harsh, grating cl-uck, cl-uck varied by cow, cow. (Rain ";) Length, 12 ; wing, 5| (5|-6) ; tail, 6 ; tarsus, 1 ; culmen, 1. Eastern North America; breeding from Florida to Canada and Minnesota, and wintering south of the United States to Central America. 5. Black-billed Cuckoo (388. Coccyzus erythrophthdlmus). — A bird similar to the last in form, colors, and habits, but with less white and no black on the tail, the under mandible black, and no cinnamon on the wings. The voice is less Please note that these images are e
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