. Key to North American birds. Containing a concise account of every species of living and fossil bird at present known from the continent north of the Mexican and United States boundary, inclusive of Greenland and lower California, with which are incorporated General ornithology: an outline of the structure and classification of birds; and Field ornithology, a manual of collecting, preparing, and preserving birds . CUCULIDjE — SA UB0THERIN2E: GROUND CUCKOOS. 473 147. 37. Subfamily SAUROTHERIN^ : Ground Cuckoos. Tail of ten feathers, graduated, louger thau the short, ruuuded, coucave wings. Bi
. Key to North American birds. Containing a concise account of every species of living and fossil bird at present known from the continent north of the Mexican and United States boundary, inclusive of Greenland and lower California, with which are incorporated General ornithology: an outline of the structure and classification of birds; and Field ornithology, a manual of collecting, preparing, and preserving birds . CUCULIDjE — SA UB0THERIN2E: GROUND CUCKOOS. 473 147. 37. Subfamily SAUROTHERIN^ : Ground Cuckoos. Tail of ten feathers, graduated, louger thau the short, ruuuded, coucave wings. Bill aboutas lono- as the head, compressed, straight at base, tapering, with deflected tip, gently curvedeiiliiien and ample rictus. Feet large and strong, in adai)tation to terrestrial life ; tarsus longerthan the toes, scutellate before and behind. One West Indian genus, Saurothera, with threeor four species, and the following, with two: —GEOCOCCYX. (Gr. y^, ge, the ground; kokkv^, koJcJciix, a cuckoo.) Groukd Fig. 325. — Ground Cuckoo, J nat. size. (From Brehm.)Head crested ; most feathers of head and neck bristle-tipped; eyelids lashed ; whole plumagecoarse. A bare colored space around eye. Bill about as long as head, nearly straight, but withculmen and commissure much decurved toward end, gonys if anything a little coucave. Wingsvery short and concavo-convex, with long inner secondaries folding entirely over the primaries;4th, 5th, and succeeding primaries longer thau 3d, 2d, and 1st, whicli rapidly shorten. Tail oflong tapering feathers, much graduated, making more than half the total length of the as above. Plumage lustrous and variegated above. Sexes substantially alike. Eminentlyterrestrial; nest in bushes ; eggs numerous. 474 SYSTEMATIC SYNOPSIS. — PICABI^ — CUCULIFOBMES. 427. G. californianus. (Of California. Figs. 324, 325.) Ground Cuckoo. Chaparral Runner. Snake Killer. Paisano. Most of the feathers of the head and neckbristle-
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