AVES. 115 



CCKXYGES. CUCULI. 



CUCULIDAE. 



210. CoccYZUS AMERICANUS (Linn^) Bonaparte. 



Yellow-billed cuckoo; Chow-chow; Egg sucker; Milk sourer; 

 Rain crow; Rain dove. 



Aii(lnl>()n, Birds of Anier., 1S42. vol. 4, p. 293. \)\. 275. Egg, 

 Bi-ndire, 1895, vol. 2, pi. 5. fig. 1. 

 Ciiciilu.t amfricanu.'i Linn^, Syst. nat., e<l. 10, 1758, vol. 1, |). 



111. "C.\ROUX.\." 



'I'liickets, shade tree.s, and open woods; nests in low trees or 

 bushes. 



Me. — Rare summer resident in .southern eounties. May 18- 

 Aug. 



X. H. — Rare summer resident of coast and southern valleys. 

 May-Sept. 



Vt. — Rare summer resident at lower elevations. .May-summer. 

 Eggs, June 4-.July 10. 



M.\.s.s. — Uncommon .sunuacr rcsidint, mainly (jf .south and cast 

 parts. (May 4) May 9-Sept. 2G (Oct. 6; Nov.). Eggs, May 20- 

 June 30. 



1\. I. - .Siunmcr ri-sidcnt, .sometimes common. May 9-Sept. 

 25 t( )ct. 23). Eggs, May 24-30. 



Co.v.N". — Common summer resident. May 7-Sept. (Oct. 11). 

 Eggs. .Tun.' l-.TuIy 24 (Aug. 4, 18, 26, Sejit. 23). 



220. CoccYZUS ERYTHROPHTH.\LMis (Wilson) Bonaparte. 



Black-billed cuckoo; Chow-chow; Egg sucker; Milk sourer; 

 Rain crow; Rain dove. 



.\uduhon. Birds of Amcr., 1842, vol. 1, p. 300. pi. 27(1. Kgg, 

 Bendire, 1895, vol. 2, pi. 5, figs. 3, 4. 



CuruluJt enjtiiropthalma Wils., Amer. ornith., 1811, vol. 1. p. 16, 

 |)1. 28. "Georgi.\." 



'riiickets, shade trees, and open woods; nests in low tri'cs or 

 hushes. 



