A Synopsis of the Birds of North AmericaAudubon, John James
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A Synopsis of the Birds of North America
Audubon, John James
Birds -- Classification; Birds -- North America
Breeds from Texas to Nova Scotia, and throughout the interior, to the
eastern bar of the Rocky Mountains. Common. Many spend the winter in
the Floridas.
Yellow-billed Cuckoo, Cuculus carolinensis, Wils. Amer. Orn.
v. iv. p. 13.
Coccyzus americanus, Bonap. Syn. p. 42.
Yellow-billed Cuckoo, Coccyzus americanus, Nutt. Man. v. i. p.
551.
Yellow-billed Cuckoo, Coccyzus americanus, Aud. Orn. Biog. v.
i. p. 18; v. v. p. 520.
279. 2. Coccyzus erythrophthalmus, Wils. Black-billed American
Cuckoo.--Rain-Crow. Cuckoo-Bird.
Plate XXXII. Male and Female.
Bill black; margin of the eye blue, before and behind bright red;
upper parts light greenish-brown; lower parts silvery-white, the
breast and sides faintly tinged with yellow; quills with the inner
webs pale buff toward the base; tail-feathers like the back, tipped
with white.
_Male_, 11-1/2, 15.
From Texas to Nova Scotia, and in the interior to Kentucky. Rather
common. Migratory.
Black-billed Cuckoo, Cuculus erythrophthalmus, Wils. Amer.
Orn. v. iv. p. 15.
Coccyzus erythrophthalmus, Bonap. Syn. p. 42.
St. Domingo Cuckoo, Coccyzus dominicus, Nutt. Man. v. i. p.
556.
Black-billed Cuckoo, Coccyzus erythrophthalmus, Aud. Orn.
Biog. v. i. p. 170; v. v. p. 523.
280. 3. Coccyzus Seniculus, Lath. Mangrove American Cuckoo.
Plate CLXIX. Male.
Upper mandible, and the tip and edges of the lower black, the rest
yellow; upper parts light greenish-brown, with a tinge of grey on the
head; lower parts brownish-orange; inner webs of quills uniform with
the rest; middle tail-feathers like the back, the rest brownish-black,
tipped with white, that colour gradually enlarging to the outer.
_Male_, 12, 15.
Florida Keys. Common. Migratory.
Mangrove Cuckoo, Coccyzus Seniculus, Nutt. Man. v. i. p. 558.
Mangrove Cuckoo, Coccyzus Seniculus, Aud. Orn. Biog. v. ii. p.
390.
FAMILY XXVIII. PSITTACINÆ. PARROTS.
Bill short, bulging, very strong, deeper than broad, convex above and
below; upper mandible cerate at the base, its outline decurved, the
sides convex, the edges sharp, with an angular process, the tip
trigonal, decurved, elongated, acute; lower mandible with the angle
short and wide, the tip thin-edged, rounded, or abrupt. Nostrils
basal, round, open, in the cere. Head very large; neck of moderate
length; body compact. Feet short and robust; tarsus short, scaly; toes
stout, the outer directed backwards, the third and fourth coherent at
the base. Claws stout, curved, acute. Plumage generally blended, but
firm. Wings and tail various. Tongue short, fleshy, rounded, or
emarginate; œsophagus wide, with a large crop; stomach small,
muscular; intestine of moderate length; cœca small; cloaca
globular.
GENUS I. CENTURUS, Kuhl. PARRAKEET.
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