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hatched. In the second case a cuckoo was seen coming from a 
yellow warbler’s nest. Upon examination an egg was found to 
have been laid, and later on the young cuckoo was found with the 
young warblers which, as the cuckoo grew, were crowded from the 
nest. In the third case cited a cuckoo was actually found sitting 
on a chipping sparrow’s nest. An egg was laid and hatched the 
young sparrows were finally ejected from the nest by the young 
cuckoo. 
MUSEUM SPECIMENS. 
Four; two were taken at Ottawa, one at Toronto, Ont.; the 
fourth by Mr. W. Spreadborough at Medicine Hat, Assa., May 
21st, 1894. 
Two sets of four eggs each, taken at Kew Beach, Toronto, by 
Mr. W. Raine. Nest made of twigs and rootlets in a tree five feet 
from the ground. One set of four taken at Cyrville, near Ottawa, 
by Mr. W. Anderson. Nest ina balsam fir about five feet from 
the ground, built of twigs and leaves. 
XLII. CUCULUS Linnaeus. 1758. 
388-1. Kamechatkan Cuckoo. 
Cuculus canorus telephonus (HEINE). STEJN. 1885. 
An adult male of this species was collected on the sand dunes 
of Northeast Point, St. Paul Island, Behring Sea, on July 
4th, 1890. (Lhe Auk, Vol. X1., p. 325.) 
Famity XXXIII. ALCEDINIDA. KINGFISHERS. 
XLIV. CERYLE Bole. 1828. 
390. Belted Kingfisher. 
Ceryle alcyon (LiNN.) Bonap. 1837. 
A summer visitor to Northwest River, Labrador, where it 
breeds. Drexler obtained a specimen May 26th, 1860, at Moose 
Factory, James Bay. (FPackard.) Common all along the Moose 
River to Moose Factory. None seen farther north in 1896. 
(Spreadborough.) Tolerably common in Newfoundland during the 
summer months. (Aeeks.) Abundant along the Humber River, 
Newfoundland. (ZL. 4. Porter.) Very common in Nova Scotia, 
breeding all over the province. (Downs.) An abundant summer 
