68 BIRDS OF THE PUBLIC GARDEN 



forenoon of May 19, 1907, a day which sur- 

 passed all other days but one in the series of 

 years in respect to the number of migrant 

 birds within the Garden inclosure. The 

 temperature was 80, following a warm 

 night, and the migration movement had 

 been very large. With sixteen species of 

 warblers, numbering seventy-four recorded 

 individuals, had come many catbirds, some 

 late purple finches, and even a blue jay. 

 The Cuckoo appears to have been drawn 

 irresistibly into this mixed company. It 

 must be regarded as a rare bird in the 

 Garden. This is the only record which has 

 been obtained. 



1 6. BLACK-BILLED CUCKOO 



Coccyzus erythrophthalmus 



One record, and one record only, of this 

 species of cuckoo has been obtained by me. 

 On May 30, 1908, a Black-billed 'Cuckoo 

 was seen sitting quietly on a bough of the 

 large white willow which stands at the 

 northwest corner of the pond. At first the 

 bird sat crosswise of the bough, later hori- 



