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April, and at oue time thought they must occasionally remain to breed; 

 but after much careful watching, in which I was assisted by my friends^ 

 I came to the conclusion that they all depart, sooner or later, to breed 

 on the Xorth American continent. Hungry Bay is a favorite resort of 

 these fine birds. I have seen six or seven there together, chasing one 

 another, darting at the little fisli in the pools, and uttering their harsh, 

 rattling cry. They affect the same hunting grounds, especially those 

 birds that remain for the winter, and day after day, as one drives past 

 the creeks and sheltered bays, one sees the same solemn-looking indi- 

 vidual on the accustomed rock or cedar-borgh, one eye on the fish in 

 the water below, the other on the passers by. 



Sub-order CUCULI. 



Family CUCULID^. 

 Sub-family Coccygin^. 

 Genus Coccyzus, Bp. 

 67. Coccyzus erythraphthahnns, (Wils.) Bp. Black-billed Cuckoo. 



Cucithis erythrophthalmus, Wils., Steph,, Hart. 



Coccyzus erythroplitlialmus, Bp., Aud., Gir., Gray, and later writers. 



Piaya erythrophthalma, Less. 



Erythroplirys erythrophthalmus, Bp. 



Coccygua eryihropthahnus. Cab., Bd., Hayd., Lawr., B. B. & E. 



Coccyzus dominicus, Xutt. 



Length, about 12.00; wing, 5.00 ; tail, 6.50. 



Hab. — North America to Eocky Mountains; north to Labrador; south 

 through Mexico and Central America to the Yalley of the Amazon ? 

 Cuba, rarely ; no other Antillean record; said to winter in Florida; 

 accidental in Europe. (Cones.) 



The first example recorded was shot by Gibbs early in October, 1874, 

 at the same time as a number of the succeeding species, C. americanus., 

 from which its smaller bill, less white on the tips of the tail-feathers, 

 and red ring round the eye, at once distinguish it. Mr. Bartram also 

 obtained a specimen that autumn, and I found two others in his collec- 

 tion, labeled C. americanus. I saw one near Devonshire Bay on the 

 19th April, 1875, and oue (probably the same) was brought to me on 

 the 30th of that month from Hungry Bay. Lieutenant Hopegood, of 

 the Ninety-seventh Regiment, shot one of a pair in a potato-field near 

 De\oushire Bay on the 8th May, 1875. I imagine this species has 

 occurred more frequently than the records tend to show, not having 

 been distingniished from its larger-billed congener. 



