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loose, light, flat structure, made of sticks and weeds, with at times a little grass 

 for lining, placed in bushes, grape-vines, and on the lower branches of trees, 

 from, five to fifteen feet from the ground. Eggs, three to five; 1.25x.90; light 

 bluish green; in form elliptical. 



B. 70. E. 388. C. 428. G. 179. U. 388. 



150. Coccyzus erythrophthalmus (WiLs.). Black-billed Cuckoo. A rare sum- 

 mer resident; and not common in migration. Arrive the first of May. A nest 

 was found near Paola in 1863 by Capt. B. F. Goss, and at Manhattan in 1883 by 

 Prof. D. E. Lantz. Nesting habits and eggs (which are a little smaller) similar 

 to C. americanus. 



Suborder ALCYOJSIES. Kingfishers. 

 Family ALCEDINID^. Kingfishers. 



Genus CERYLE Boie. 



Subgenus STREPTOCERYLE Bonaparte. 



B. 117. R. 382. C. 423. G. 177. U. 390. 



151. Ceryle alcyon (Linn.). Belted Kingfisher. Summer resident; common; oc- 

 casionally lingers into, and I think through, the mild winters. Begin laying 

 about the last of April. Nest at the end of burrows which the birds tunnel 

 horizontally into the sides and near the tops of perpendicular or steep banks 

 of streams, and occasionally into the sides of gravel banks, some distance from 

 the water; are usually about two feet in depth, but have been known to extend 

 over fifteen feet; in fact, not stopping work until a place is reached where they 

 can safely rear their young without fear from falling earth or pebbles. At the 

 end it is scoojied out oven-shape, for the nest, which is sometimes sparingly 

 lined with grasses and feathers. Eggs, five or six; 1.32x1.05; pure white; in 

 form oval. 



Order PICI. Woodpeckers, Wrynecks, etc. 



Family PICID^. Woodpeckers. 



Genus DRYOBATES Boie. 



B. 74. R. 360. C. 438. G. 167. U. 393. 



152. Dryobatesvillosus(LiNN.). Hairy Woodpecker. Resident; common. Nests 

 excavated in decaying trunks and limbs of trees, or in cavities which it chips 

 into and dresses up to suit. Begin laying the last of April. Eggs, usually 

 four; .96X.73; pure crystal white; in form elliptical. 



B. 76. R. 361. C. 440. G. 168. U. 394. 



153. Dryobates pubescens (Linn.). Downy Woodpecker. Resident; common. 

 Nesting habits similar to £>. villosus. Begin laying the last of April. Eggs, 

 four or five; .72x.58; pure crystal white; in form elliptical. 



