. A history of British birds . 414 PICA IlIyE. CUCULIDiE. 1. CoccYzus AMEEiCANUs (Lmiifeus*).THE AMERICAN YELLOW-BILLED CUCKOW. Coccyzus Americanus. Coccyzus, Vieillot-f.—Bill long, much compressed at the sides; culmeu con-siderably decurved ; cutting edge quite smooth ; lower mandible decurved moderate. Nostrils basal, linear-oval, half-closed by a membrane. Wingsshort, with ten primaries, the first short, the third longest. Tail very long,of ten feathers, graduated. Tarsi strong, short, bare behind, feathered in frontand on the outside above ; toes two before, two beh
. A history of British birds . 414 PICA IlIyE. CUCULIDiE. 1. CoccYzus AMEEiCANUs (Lmiifeus*).THE AMERICAN YELLOW-BILLED CUCKOW. Coccyzus Americanus. Coccyzus, Vieillot-f.—Bill long, much compressed at the sides; culmeu con-siderably decurved ; cutting edge quite smooth ; lower mandible decurved moderate. Nostrils basal, linear-oval, half-closed by a membrane. Wingsshort, with ten primaries, the first short, the third longest. Tail very long,of ten feathers, graduated. Tarsi strong, short, bare behind, feathered in frontand on the outside above ; toes two before, two behind. The first notice of the occurrence in Britain of thisAmerican bird was published in January, 1833 (Field Natu-ralist, i. pp. 6, 7), the late Mr. Ball making known, underdate of October 20th, 1832, the capture of two specimens:—one (which was there figured) shot in the autumn of 1825near Youghal, in the county of .Cork, and brought to himwhile still warm and bleeding ; the other but recently shotat Old Connanght, near Bray, and in the possession ofGlennou, th
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