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habits; descr. nest and eggs).— Willis, An. Rep. Smithson. Inst., 1859, 287 

 (Bermudas).— Salvin and Sclater, Ibis, 1860, 43 (Coban, Guatemala). — 

 Taylor, Ibis, 1860, 118 (Tigre I., Honduras).— Sclater, Proc. Zool. Soc. 

 Lond., 1860, 252 (Vera Cruz); 1864, 120, part (monogr.); 1870, 165, part 

 (monogr.); Cat. Am. Birds, 1862, 322; Rev. List Birds Jamaica, 1910, 11 

 (breeding).— Albrecht, Joum. fur Orn., 1862, 202 (Jamaica).— Verrill 

 (A. E.), Proc. Essex Inst., iii, 1862, 143 (Oxford Co., Maine, rare but probably 

 breeding).— Sclater and Salvin, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1864, 366 (Panama); 

 1875, 237 (San Cristobal, Venezuela); 1879, 537 (Medellin, Antioquia, Colom- 

 bia).— Lawrence, Ann. Lye. N. Y., viii, 1866, 291 (vicinity of New York 

 City); ix, 1868, 128 (Costa Rica).— Trippe, Proc. Bost. Soc. N. H., xv, 1872, 

 233 (Decatur and Mahaska counties, Iowa, breeding).— Coues, Check List, 

 1873, no. 291; Birds Northwest, 1874, 275.— Gentry, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. 

 Phila., 1874, 108 (habits).— Gundlach, Journ. fur Orn., 1874, 156 (Cuba;, 

 habits); 1878, 185 (Porto Rico); Orn. Cubana, ed. 1895, 144.— Dubois, Bull. 

 Ac. Roy. Belg., xxxix, 1875, 9 (Belgium, 1 spec, Oct. 22, 1874).— Merriam, 

 Trans. Conn. Ac. Sci., iv, 1877, 63 (Connecticut, common summer resident); 

 Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, vi, 1881, 232 (Adirondack region. New York, breed- 

 ing)._ALLEN, Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, ii, 1877, 110 (occasionally parasitic); 

 Bull. Am. Mus. N. H., xiii, 1900, 134 (Bonda, Santa Marta, Colombia, Oct., 

 Nov.); Auk, xvii, 1900, 364 (Bonda).— Merrill (J. C), Proc. U. S. Nat. 

 Mus., i, 1878, 150 (Ft. Brown, Texas, breeding).— Mearns, Bull. Essex Inst., 

 xii, 1879, 117 (Hudson Highlands, New York, breeding).— Cory, Birds 

 Bahama Is., 1880, 117 (New Providence I.); Auk, iii, 1886, 364 (West Indian 

 localities and references); viii, 1891, 47 (Antigua), 351 (Inagua, Bahamas, 

 May, June), 353 (Anguilla, May; Cay Sal, May); ix, 1892, 48 (Watling I.); 

 Birds West Ind., 1889, 159; Cat. West Ind. Birds, 1892, 102 (New Providence, 

 Watling, Great Inagua, Cay Sal, and Anguilla islands, Bahamas; Cuba; 

 Jamaica; Port Rico; St. Croix; Barbada; Barbados); Pub. 137, Field Mus. 

 N. H., 1909, 199 (Aruba, Dutch West Indies).— Ridgway, Proc. U. S. Nat. 

 Mus., iii, 1880, 190, part; x, 1888, 577 (Swan I., Caribbean Sea, Apr. 14); 

 Nom. N. Am. Birds, 1881, no. 387, part; Orn. Illinois, i, 1889, 393.— Ogilby, 

 Sci. Proc. Roy. Dubl. Soc, iii, 1882, 60 (Navarro Co., Texas, summer resident; 

 habits).— Nehrling, Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, vii, 1882, 171 (s. e. Texas, breed- 

 ing).— Brown (N. C), Proc. Portl. Soc. N. H., 1882, (20) (Portland, Maine, 

 rare). — Berlepsch and Taczanowski, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1883, 572 

 (Chimbo, w. Ecuador, Sept.).— Reid, Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus., no. 25, 1884, 212 

 (Bermudas, April, Oct., Nov.).— Seton, Auk, ii, 1885, 335 (Toronto, Ontario, 

 several records). — Ralph and Bagg, Trans. Oneida Hist. Soc, iii, 1886, 122 

 (Oneida Co., New York, rare summer resident).— American Ornitholo- 

 gists' Union, Check List, 1886, no. 387, part; 2d ed., 1895, no. 387.— Han- 

 cock, Bull. Ridgw. Orn. Club, no. 2, 1887, 16 (Corpus Christi, Texas, breed- 

 ing)._ScoTT, Auk, vi, 1889, 250 (Key West, Florida, breeding; crit.); ix, 



1892, 212 (Caloosahatchie R., Florida, breeding), 274 (Jamaica), 372 (Port 

 Henderson, Jamaica, breeding).— Salvin, Ibis, 1889, 372 (Cozumel I., Yuca- 

 tan; Ruatan I., Honduras; crit.).— Feilden, Ibis, 1889, 487 (Barbados).— 

 Cherrie, Auk, vii, 1890, 333 (Costa Rica); ix, 1892, 527 (San Jose, Costa 

 Rica, Sept., Oct.); Contr. Orn. San Dom., 1896, 19 (Santo Domingo City, 

 breeding).— White, Auk, viii, 1891, 114 (Ottawa, Ontario, breeding); x, 



1893, 224 (Mackinac I., Michigan, 1 spec, July).— Hagerup, Auk, viii, 1891, 

 320 (Greenland).— Rhoads, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1892, 106 (Corpus 

 Christi, Texas, breeding).— Coombs, Auk, ix, 1892, 205 (Louisiana, breed- 

 ing).— Att water. Auk, ix, 1892, 234 (San Antonio, Texas, breeding).— 

 Wayne, Auk, x, 1893, 337 (Old Town, n. w. Florida, breeding).— Chapman, 



