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meadows near Cambridge, Mass. — Wm. Brewster, vi., 6, 84— Rare 

 winter resident in Massacliusetts, but large arrivals March 10 to 20 — 

 J. A. Allen, vi., 7, 100 — Resident near Montpelier, Vt., common 

 mild winters— W. A. Briggs. vi., 8, 115 — One observed at Trenton, 

 N. J., February 18, 1876— C. C. Abbott, vi., 22, 354— Resident .md 

 common at Ann Arbor, Mich. ; breeding through May — A. B. Covert, 

 vii., 3, 36 — Common in summer, and breeds in Central New York; 

 arrives the last of April — H. G. Fowler, viii., 8, 113 — Common in 

 summer, and breeds at Webster, N. H. — Chas. F. Goodhue, viii., 13, 

 192 — Arrives on the Coteau des Prairies, Dakota, May 2. and remains 

 mitil Oct. 14 ; seen in small numbers ; breeds — Chas. E. Mc- 

 Chesney. viii., 15, 224 — Fomid in Michigan — "Archer" (G. A. 

 Stockwell). X., 10, 179— Abundant at Salem, Mass., last of March, 

 1878— R. L. ]Sr.(ewcomb). xii., 9, 165— Breed at Ch:itham, K J.— 

 Harold Herrick. xii., 11, 216 — Numerous at Salem, j\Iass., April 14, 

 1879 — R. L. Newcomb. xii., 13, 245 — Common, though rarely in the 

 adult plumage in Nova Scotia — J. M. Jones, xii., 19, 365— Com- 

 mon near Como, Wyoming — S. W. Williston. 



Cistothorus stellaris. Short-billed Marsh Wren, v., 19, 292— Summer 

 resident, not common in Minnesota ; not given in Dr. Hatch's 1874 

 list — Thos. S. Roberts, vi., 7, 99— Not common near Ann Arbor, 

 Mich.; arrives May 20 ; breeds July 1 to 20; departs middle Sept. — 

 A. B. Covert, vi., 12, 180— Sunmier resident in Central New York; 

 breeds — H. G. Fowler, viii., 17, 261 — Appears to be confined to the 

 western part of Michigan— "Archer" (G. A. Stockwell). viii., 17, 

 268— Found near Washington, D. C— (R. F. Boiseau). xi., 3, 47 — 

 Quite abundant at Peotone, 111.; breeds — D. H. Eaton, xii., 9, 165 — 

 Connnoner on the marshes along the Passaic River, near Chatham, N. 

 J., than I ever saw it before — Harold Herrick. 



Clapper Rail. See Rallus longirostris. 



Clay-colored Sparrow. See Spizella pallida. 



Clark's Crow. See Picicormis colmnUanus. 



Cliff Swallow. See Petroclielidun lunifrons. 



Coccyzus aiiiericanus. Yellow-billed Cuckoo, ii., 22, 341— Found in 

 Russell Co., Kansas ; feeds only on insce s in spring— F. S. B.(enson). 

 v., 6, 83— Noting a case of this species htying its eggs in a nest of the 

 Black-billed Cuckoo that already had young and eggs in difEerent 

 stages of incubation, at Farmington, Conn.- Franklin Benner. vi., 

 20, 318— Very rare at Ann Arbor, Mich.; arrives by May 1 ; males 

 precede the females ten days ; young appear June 10, depart Septem- 

 ber 15— A. B. Covert, vi., 23, 370— Are known in the South as "Rain 

 Crows ;" nesting at Gainesville, Texas, May 17, 1876 ; each nest con- 

 tained one chick and two eggs— G. H. Ragsdale. vi. , 25, 402— An irregu- 

 lar summer visitor in Central New New York ; breeds— H. G. Fowler, 

 viii., 7, 96— Probably occurs at Webster, N. H., though have never 

 taken it yet— Chas. F. Goodhue, viii., 17, 268— Found near Washing- 

 ton, D. C— (R. F. Boiseau). viii., 19, 300— Found in Michigan— 

 "Archer" (G. A. Stockwell). xii., 11, 205— Rare in Nova Scotia— 

 J. Matthew Jones, xii., 19, 365— Frequently heard near Como, Wy- 

 oming— S. W. Williston. 



Coccyzus erythroplithaliiius. Black-billed Cuckoo, v., 6, 83— Noting a 

 case of the yellow-billed Cuckoo laying eggs in the nest of this species 

 that contained young and eggs, at Farming! on. Conn.— Franklin Ben- 

 ner. v., 17, 260— Seen among the Black llilis by Geo. Bird Grinnell 

 in 1874— Ernest Ingersoll. vi., 20, 318— Very common after ^ay 1 at 

 Ann Arbor, Mich. ; males precede the females ten days ; nest built b}' 

 May 20 ; departs middle of September.— A. B. Covert, vi., 25, 402— 

 Not uncommon in Central New York from the first week in May until 

 September— H. G. Fowler, viii., 7, 90— Noticed on Clark's Island, 

 Plymouth, Mass., in 1852— F. C. Browne, viii., 7, 96— Very com- 



