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Elora, Ont. In the first case an egg was laid in the nest of a chipping 

 sparrow from which in due time a young cuckoo was hatched. In 

 the second case a cuckoo was seen coming from a yellow warbler's 

 nest. Upon examination an egg was found to have been laid, and 

 later on the young cuckoo was found with the young warblers which, 

 as the cuckoo grew, were crowded from the nest. In the third case 

 cited a cuckoo was actually found sitting on a chipping sparrow's 

 nest. An egg was laid and hatched ; the young sparrows were finally 

 ejected from the nest by the young cuckoo. 



CLXV. CUCULUS LiNN.Eus. 175S. 



388-1. Kamchatkan Cuckoo. 



Cuculus canorus telephonus (Heine). Stejn'. 1885. 



An adult male of this species was collected on the sand dunes 

 of Northeast point, St. Paul island, Bering sea, on July 4th, 1890. 

 It is the only one of its kind known from North America. (Palmer.) 



Family XXXIII. ALCEDINID^. Kingfishers. 



CLXVI. CERYLE Boie. 1S28. 



390. Belted Kingfisher. 



Ceryle alcyon (Linn.) Bonap. 1837. 



One of the most widely distributed birds in Canada. Common 

 from Newfoundland and Labrador west to Vancouver island. North 

 to Hudson bay in the east, to the mouth of the Mackenzie river and 

 Kotzebue sound in the west. 



Breeding Notes. — Summer resident, common. Breeds in suit- 

 able places on the island of Montreal. Two eggs taken May 24th, 

 1882, out of a burrow in a sandbank at Hochelaga. Observed 

 here from May 8th to September 27th. {Wintle.) This is a com- 

 mon bird in eastern Ontario. Its nest is generally found in a sandy 

 bank near water, but on two occasions I have found its nest in a 

 sand pit some distance away. The full complement of eggs I have 

 always found to be seven. These are laid between the 20th and 28th 

 of May. I met with this bird in the Magdalen islands in 1897, and 

 found it breeding there. {Rev. C. J. Young.) This species nests 



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