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Order COCCYGES. Oickoos, etc. 

 Family CUCULIDAE. Cuckoos, etc. 



387. Coccyzus americanus (Linn.) Yellow-billed cuckoo. 

 Summer resident ; fairly common. May 10 — Sept. 15. Fre- 

 quents groves, hedgerows and thickets, especially on the borders of 

 swamps and streams. Nest, near the ground in a thick bush or \ine ; 

 June 10-30 ; eggs 3-5, usually laid at intervals of a few days. Bene- 

 ficial, fond of tent caterpillars. 



388. Coccyzus erythrophthalmus (Wils. ) Black-billed cuckoo. 

 Summer resident ; common. May 10 — Sept. 25. Found in 



groves, orchards and hedgerows. Nest, a few feet from the ground 

 in a thick bush ; June 1-30 ; eggs 2-5. Beneficial like the preceding. 



Family ALCEDINIDAE. Kingfishers. 

 390. Ceryle alcyon (Linn.) Belted kingfisher. 



Summer resident ; common. Apr. 6 — Nov. i. Occasionally 

 seen in winter. Found along streams and the shores of lakes and 

 ponds. Nest, in a bank at the end of a hole 5-8 feet in length ; Apr. 

 15 — May 20 ; eggs 5-7. Destructive to young fish and tadpoles. 



Order PICI. VVoodpeckei's, etc. 



Family PICIDAE. Woodpeckers. 



393. Dryobates villosus (Linn.) Hairy woodpecker. 



Resident ; fairlv common. Frequents woodlands ; sometimes 

 visits orchards and shade trees. Nest, excavated in a dead limb or 

 stub ; Apr. 20 — May 25 ; eggs 4-5. Beneficial, like all the wood- 

 peckers, by destroying grubs, beetles, etc. 



394c. Dryobates pubescens medianus (Swains. ) Downy wood- 

 pecker. 

 Resident ; common. Frequents woodlands and orchards. Nest, 

 in a dead limb, 15-50 feet from the ground ; Apr. 25 — May 30 ; eggs 



4-5- 



400. Picoides arcticus (Swains. ) Arctic three-toed woodpecker. 

 Winter visitant ; rare. Tully, Feb. 27, 1880 ; and Syracuse, 

 Dec. 25, .1883 — Auk 7, 206. Ithaca, winter of 1895-96 — L. A. 

 Fuertes. Orleans County, 3 records — J. A. Davison. 



