. The Cuba review and bulletin. ome distant point. There are five species of cuckoos, includingthat strange departure from the cuckoo type,the ani, called by the natives judio. Thisis a black bird wih a bill quite unlike thatof any other, and several females unite inlaying the bulky nest full cf eggs—as manyas twenty—light blue with curious chalkywhite markings. Another interesting meni-ber of the family which is quite abundant isthe great lizard cuckoo, locally known asarriero. reaching a length of twenty-twoinches, of whicii twelve is tail. One of the mostbeautiful of the Cuban birds is the
. The Cuba review and bulletin. ome distant point. There are five species of cuckoos, includingthat strange departure from the cuckoo type,the ani, called by the natives judio. Thisis a black bird wih a bill quite unlike thatof any other, and several females unite inlaying the bulky nest full cf eggs—as manyas twenty—light blue with curious chalkywhite markings. Another interesting meni-ber of the family which is quite abundant isthe great lizard cuckoo, locally known asarriero. reaching a length of twenty-twoinches, of whicii twelve is tail. One of the mostbeautiful of the Cuban birds is the ten inches in length, the head, back andwing-coverts glossed with metallic blue andgreen changing reflecticns, inner tail feathersthe same, outer ones vvhite, throat, breast and ^ ^,^,^^,,,^ ,.^j^^„^. .,^ ^,,,,^ .^ ^^^_ j^,.^^ j^,,^„^ bellv grayish whnc. abdomen and under tail- „„t unlikp a small alligator in- general appearance. Young blaok-erowned night heron. Caughtat Gauuia. 60 miles from . THE CUBA REVIEW And Bulletin. coverts blood red, wings with white bars. It is extremely abundant and not wild, but notso easily seen as its brilliant colors might lead one to suppose. The belted king-fisher winters in Cuba, which also produces an odd little relative of the kingfisher,the tody, called in Spanish podovera. The total length is only three and three-quarters inches and the wide, flat bill is three-quarters of an inch long. The upperparts, wings and tail are bright leaf green, chin and throat blood red, the sidesbeautiful salmon pink, and the remaining under parts grayish white, faintly washedwith pink. Only six species are known and all are confined to the West kingfishers, they excavate in banks of earth for their nests and lay white eggs. Five species of woodpeckers occur, including the Cuban representative of thatnow almost extinct, grandest of American woodpeckers, the ivory-billed, also thebeautiful Cuban green, and the Cuba
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