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OHIO EXPERIMENT STATION. 



ORDER COCCYGES. CUCKOO?, ETC. 



SUBORDER CUCULI. CUCKOOS, ETC. 

 FAMILY CUCULID/E. CUCKOOS, ANIS, ETC. 



SUBFAMILY COCCYQIN/E. AMERICAN CUCKOOS. 



GENUS COCCYZUS VIFILLOT. 



YELLOW-BILLED CUCKOO. ONE-HALF NATURAL SIZE. 



73. Coccyzus americanus (LiNx.). 

 Yellow-billed Cuckoo. 



A common summer resident. It appears in May, the tenth of this month being 

 the earliest date; and though ordinarily not much observed after the middle of Sep- 

 tember, has been noted as late as October 19, ( 1892). 



