LIST. 69 



June 4, 1887. 4 Eggs. 

 11, " _2 Eggs. 



4, 1891. 2 Eggs. 

 " 13, " -Younglings. 

 " 27, " Younglings. 



9, 1892. 3 Eggs, 2 fresh and 1 incubating. 



The naked younglings are black in colour and re- 

 pulsive looking, but they harmonize with the nest, 

 which is a slight structure of dead twigs, with a 

 very shallow cavity, lined with a few dead leaves, 

 the nest being very small for the size of the bird 

 and its eggs. The cuckoo seems to prefer solitude, 

 and keeps itself out of sight in thickets, where its 

 harsh notes can be heard sounding like " cow-cow " 

 or " cuckucow " repeated quickly several times. 



Suborder Alcyones. Motmots and Kingfishers. 

 Family A Icedinidce. Kin gfishers. 



Genus Ceryle. Boie. 

 Subgenus " Streptoceryle." Bonap. 



128. Belted Kingfiisher. (Kingfisher.) C. alcyon. 

 (Linn.) 



" Summer Resident," common. Breeds in suit- 

 able places on the island of Montreal. Two eggs 

 taken May 24, 1882, out of a burrow in a sandbank 

 at Hochelaga. Observed here from May 8 to Sep- 

 tember 27. 



