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Range (Bahamas and Florida Keys)

Bahamas and Florida Keys.

This bird is a regular summer resident in the Florida Keys and probably adjoining Atlantic mainland (see Scott, Auk, vi, 1889, p. 250). 387. Coccyzus americanus (Linn.). YELLOW-BILLED CUCKOO. (See Fig. 36.) Ad. - Upper parts brownish gray with slight greenish gloss; most of the wing-feathers rufous, except at the tip; outer tail-feathers black, conspicuously tipped with white, which extends down the outer vane of the outer feather; under parts dull whitish; bill black, the lower man- FIG. 73.--Tail-feathers of Yellow-billed Cuckoo. 2 P dible yellow, except at the tip. L., 12-20; W., 5·70; T., 6·20; B. from N., 76.