C. 11. jSTerrimn — lilnis of ( 'otnicrtlciit. 0;i 



Family, ALCEDINID^. 



133. Ceryle alcyon (T.inno) iioie. Hcltcd Kin^lislier. 



A coininoii suninu'V ivsiilont Ml)Oiit Avatcr ('(nirsi'S and aloiii;- the 

 coast. Arrives during- tlie latter [lart of Marcli (Mar. 20, 1S77), re- 

 maining into November (Nov. i:^, 1S75). A few sonieliines winter. 

 One was seen near Hartford, Feb. 13, 1874, by Mr. K. ('. I liunplirey.* 

 Mr. P^'red. S. Smith, of this city, informs me tliat he onee found 

 the eggs of this species phiced on a bed of tisli bones, about six feet 

 from the entrance to tlie hole. This was near Lake Wliitnev, Conn. 

 In this hititude their eggs are generally deposited during tlu' latter 

 part of May. Josselyn, in enumerating the birds of New England, 

 in 1675, says there are '■'• Kings fishers, which breed in the spring in 

 holes in the Sea-bank, l)eing unapt to pro])agate in Summer, by 

 reason of the driness of their bodies, which becomes more moist 

 when their pores are closed l)y cold."f 



Family, CUCULID^. 



134. CoCCyZUS erythrophthalmuS (Wilson) Bonaparte. Black -billed 

 Cuckoo. 



A common summer resident, arriving about the middle of May 

 (May 15, 1870), and remaining till the latter ))ait of Sei)temlier 

 (Sept. 28, 1875). 



135. CoCCyzUS AmericanUS (Linne) Bonaparte. Yellow-billed Cuckoo. 



A common summer resident. Arrives eai-ly in ^lay (May 7, 1876), 

 remaining into October (Oct. 11, 1873, shot, Hall). Both Mr. Coe 

 and myself have found, on the same day, and in the same Cuckoo's 

 nest, fresh eggs and young birds. 



Family, PICID^. 



136. HylotomUS pileattlS (Linne) Baird. Piieated Woodpecker. 



A rare winter visitant ; it was once common throughout the State, 

 but is now almost exterminated and driven into the less civili/i'd dis- 

 tricts. Linsley gave it from Stratford and New Haven. Mr. ^V. \\ . 

 Coe tells me that a specimen was killed near Portland, Conn., in 



* MS. notes of John H. Sage, Esq. 



f Voj^ages to New England, p. 101, l<;7.'i. 



