No. 20.] THE BIRDS OF CONNECTICUT. 9I 



species (L. B. B.) ; two nests with five eggs each, found in sum- 

 mer of 1884 (C. E. L.).^ 



In a single apple tree, J. C. A. M. found, June 15, 1902, nests 

 containing either eggs or young of the Yellow-billed Cuckoo, the 

 Scarlet Tanager, Robin, Baltimore Oriole, Wood Thrush, and 

 Least Flycatcher. 



Coccyzus erythrophthalmus (Wilson). Black-billed Cuckoo. 



A common but irregular summer resident from the middle 

 of May to August; not nearly as plentiful now as in the nineties. 



Earliest record. New Haven, May 10, 1904, May 7, 1905 

 (A. A. S.) ; Portland, April 23, 1886; Litchfield, May 9, 1905 

 (E. S. W.). 



Latest record. New Haven, Sept. 14, 1903, Sept. 21, 1907 

 (A. A. S.) ; Sept. 28, 1875 (Merriam);^ Portland, Sept. 19, 

 1899; Litchfield, Sept. 21, 1891 (L. B. W.) ; East Hartford, Oct. 

 3, 1887 (W. E. T.). 



Nest. In a small bush or young tree in a thicket or occa- 

 sionally in an orchard; 2 to 12 feet from the ground. 



Eggs. 2-4, usually 3 ; early in June. 



Nesting dates. Earliest record. May 18, 1891, one Qgg (J. 

 G. A. M.). Latest record. Aug. 2, 1881, three eggs (L. B. B.). 



Unusual records. May 29, 1896, nest containing three eggs 

 of C. erythrophthalmus and one of C. a. americanus, and June 6, 

 1897, two eggs of the former with one of the latter (L. B. B.), 

 in both instances the Black-billed Cuckoo being on the nest; June 

 7, 1893, nest containing seven eggs of the Black-billed Cuckoo 

 (L; B, B.) ; June 10, 1894, three eggs, of which one measured 

 only .75 by .61 inch (J. C. A. M.). 



Suborder ALCYONES. Kingfishers. 

 Family ALCEDINID^. Kingfishers. 

 Ceryle alcyon (Linnaeus). Belted Kingfisher. 

 A common summer resident from April to October; rarely 

 wintering. 



Earliest record. New Haven, April 3, 1902, March 27, 1907 

 (A. A. S.) ; Portland, April 5, 1893. 



1 O. and O., ix, lo, p. 128. 



" Merriam, Birds of Conn., p. 63. 



