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.

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