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was seen, but not taken. (S¢veator.) In May, 1881, I saw one of 
these birds at Burrard Inlet, and in June, 1882, the late Mr. J. C. 
Hughes found a pair breeding at Kamloops ; in June, 1887, I saw 
a pair at Skinner’s swamp near the city of Victoria, and from 
their actions I concluded they were breeding in that locality; 
later in the same year one was shot on Mount Tolmie. (/avnzn.) 
Tolerably common summer resident at Chilliwack, and becoming 
more abundant in the coast region every year, probably on account 
of the invasions of the forest tent caterpillar. (Bvooks.) 
388. Black-billed Cuckoo. 
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Coccyzus erythrphthalmus (Wits.) BoNAP. 1824. 
Audubon, Vol. IV., p. 301, states that they saw a few individ- 
uals in clumps of low trees a few miles from the shore of the 
Gulf of St. Lawrence. (Packard.) Not very common; asummer | 
resident in Nova Scotia. (Dowas.) Fairlycommon at Wolfville, 
King’s Co., N.S., from May to September. (7. Tufts.) Never seen 
around St. John, New Brunswick, but common inland in summer. 
(Chamberlain.) A tolerably common summer resident, York Co., 
New Brunswick. (W.H.Moore.) Common summer resident. Breeds 
in Mount Royal Park, Montreal, Que. (Wéantle.) Summer resident 
in Quebec; taken at Beauport. (Déonne.) Common summer resi- 
dent around Ottawa, Ont. (Otawa Naturalist,Vol.V.) This species 
is a regular summer resident in Ontario, and though not abundant 
is generally distributed. (McMwraith.) Fairly common around 
Toronto, and breeds ; generally distributed over the Parry Sound 
and Muskoka districts. (J. H. Fleming.) On July 6th, 1900, one 
specimen came into the potato patch at Cache Lake, Algonquin 
Park, and fed on the potato bugs. (Spreadborough.) This species 
is a common summer resident throughout the wooded part of 
Manitoba and has been taken by myself at Carberry and Shoal 
Lake, near Duck Mountain. (Zhompson-Seton.) Apparently a rare 
species west of Manitoba. A female was first seen at Indian Head, 
Assa., June 24th, 1892, in a willow thicket ; in a few days another 
female was seen and shot and an egg was found in her oviduct, 
which shows that the species breeds there. On the 19th May, 
1894, one was seen at Medicine Hat, Assa., and another in the 
same place on June 3rd. None seen further west. (Spread- 
borough.) 
