. Bird guide . e very fleetrunners, but fly only indifferently well. Their four toten Mdiite eggs are laid on frail nests of twigs, in bushes. MANGROVE CUCKOC?. 386. Coccyzuo niiuGr. 13 inches. These bnff-breasted Cuckoos are natives of Cuba andCentral America, being found in southern Florida onlyduring the summer. The habits of all the AmericanCuckoos are practically identical and their notes orsongs can only be distinguished from one another by longfamiliarity. YELLOW-BILLED CUCKOO. 387. Coccyzus americanits. 121/4 inches. This species is the most abundant in the southernpart of its range, w
. Bird guide . e very fleetrunners, but fly only indifferently well. Their four toten Mdiite eggs are laid on frail nests of twigs, in bushes. MANGROVE CUCKOC?. 386. Coccyzuo niiuGr. 13 inches. These bnff-breasted Cuckoos are natives of Cuba andCentral America, being found in southern Florida onlyduring the summer. The habits of all the AmericanCuckoos are practically identical and their notes orsongs can only be distinguished from one another by longfamiliarity. YELLOW-BILLED CUCKOO. 387. Coccyzus americanits. 121/4 inches. This species is the most abundant in the southernpart of its range, while the Black-bill is the most com-mon in the North. Notice that the lower mandible isyellowish, that the wings are largely rufous, and that theouter tail feathers are black, with broad white tips,these points readily distinguishing this species from thenext. The eggs of this species are large and paler col-ored than the next (). They breed from theGulf to southern Canada and winter in Central ^,V^- .^^^ BLACK-BILLED CUCKOO. Coccyzus erythropthalmus. 11% inches Cuckoos are of quiet and retiring habits, but on ac-w^ count of their mournful notes are often regarded with J awe by the superstitious. They are one of our most val- uable birds, for they consume quantities of the fuzzyTent Caterpillars, that are so destructive. Their short, rounded wings and long, broad tails givethem a silent, gliding flight that often enables them toescape unnoticed. Note.—A low guttural croak, cow, com^, etc., re-peated a great many times and sometimes varied withcow-uh, also repeated many times. Nest.—Flat, shabby platforms of twigs placed at lowelevations in thickets or on the lower branches of four greenish-blue eggs are x .85. Range.—United States and southern Canada, east ofthe Rockies. Arrives in May and leaves in Septemberfor northern South America.
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