Greater roadrunner of New Mexico. Greater roadrunner The greater roadrunner ("Geococcyx californianus") is a long-legged bird in the cuckoo family, Cuculidae, from Southwestern United States and Mexico. The Latin name means "Californian earth-cuckoo". Along with the lesser roadrunner, it is one of two species in the roadrunner genus "Geococcyx". This roadrunner is also known as the chaparral cock, ground cuckoo, and snake killer. The roadrunner is about long, has a wingspan and weighs . It stands around tall and is the largest cuckoo of the Americas. Roadrunners have four toes on each zygodactyl foot; two face forward, and two face backward. The
Portrait of a Man, probably a Member of the Van Beresteyn Family Portrait of a Man, probably a Member of the Van Beresteyn Family Portrait of a Man, possibly a member of the Beresteyn family is a 1632 portrait painting by Rembrandt. It shows a man with a lace collar "au confusion", which was a new fashion in the 1630s replacing older-styled millstone collars. It is pendant to "Portrait of a Woman, probably a Member of the Van Beresteyn Family", and both are in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Rembrandt created this painting as a pendant to the MET's portrait of a man, probably as a wedding pendant. Only