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I never met with the species myself, but they were familiar to many of 

 my friends. They did not visit the Bermudas in the autumn of 1874^ 

 but were numerous in September, 1875. 



Genus Molothrus, Sw. 

 55. Molothrus pecoris, (Gm.) Sw. Cow-bird; Cow Blackbird. 



Fringilla pecoris, Gm., Lath., Licht., Sabine. 

 Emberiza pecoris, Wils. 

 Passerina peooris, Vieil. 

 Icterus pecoris, Bp., Nutt., Aud. 



Molothrus pecoris, Sw. & Rich., Bp., Aud., Gir., Bd., Trippe, and of writers gen- 

 erally. 

 Molobrus pecoris, Sundevall. 

 Molothrus ates. Gray, 

 Fringilla ambigua, 'Nntt, 



Length, 8.00; wing, 4.42; tail, 3.40. 



Hab. — Throughout temperate North America, north to 68° ; winters 

 in great numbers in the Southern States. (Coues.) 



In Mr. Bartram's collection there is one example of this singular bird, 

 which takes the place of our European Cuckoo in North America, build- 

 ing no nest, but depositing its eggs by stealth in the nests of Warblers, 

 Vireos, Sparrows, &c. This solitary specimen is a male. It was shot 

 at Stocks Point by Mr. Bartram. 



Sub-family ICTERIN^. 



Genus Icterus, Auct. 



66. Icterus haltimore, (Linn.) Daud. Baltimore Oriole; Golden Eobin» 



Oriolus baltiviore, Linn., Gm., Wils. 



Icterus baltiviore, Daud., Bp., Nutt., Aud., Bp., and of late writers generally. 



Yphantes haltimore, Vieil., Bp., Woodh. 



Hyphantes haltimore, Cab., Lawr. 



Icterus haltimorensis, Bp., Scl. & Salv., Coues, Trippe. 



Length, 7.50 ; wing, 3.75. 



Hah. — United States east of Eocky Mountains, north regularly to 

 British Provinces; passes to Mexico aud Central America; Cuba (Coues). 



" Caj)tain Tolcher, Fifty-sixth Eegiment, shot one of these birds early 

 in October, 1854, at Somerset. Mr. Hurdis found it amongst his collec- 

 tion of skins on the 20th of the same month, when Captain Tolcher as- 

 sured him that Mr. Harford, of his regiment, had killed another speci- 

 men about the same time, which, from being very much mutilated, he 

 had unfortunately thrown away." (Nat. in B., p. 27.) A third example, 

 a male in splendid plumage, is in my own collection. I shot it near 

 Hungry Bay on April 28, 1875. The bill and feet of this bird were 

 bright livid blue. 



