58 BIRDS' NESTS 



memoir on the Cowbirds, especially in relation to 

 their parasitic habits, has been compiled by the late 

 Major Bendire (conf. Report ; U.S. National Museum, 

 1893, pp. 586-624, Pis. 1-3). A list of no fewer than 

 ninety species is given, in which eggs of the Cowbird 

 have been discovered. 



