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zontally along it. I saw it eat a near cater- 

 pillar, but otherwise it was inactive. It 

 was also silent. But the close approach 

 which I was able to make revealed it to be 

 a black-billed bird. 



Mr. E. E. Caduc informs me that he saw 

 a Black-billed Cuckoo daily in the Garden 

 between June 8 and 17 of the same year, 

 that it was always seen in one of two or 

 three maples near the northeast corner of 

 the pond, that he searched carefully for a 

 possible mate, thinking that a nesting of the 

 species might be going forward, but that he 

 found none, and that the bird was not seen 

 after June 17, although he continued his 

 daily visits up to July 3. The bird, he says, 

 not infrequently gave its call. 



17. BELTED KINGFISHER 



Ceryle alcyon 



Mr. Francis H. Allen states that he saw 

 a Kingfisher flying over the Granary Bury- 

 ing-Ground, and probably also visible from 

 the Common, on September 21, 1896. 



Mr. Bradford Torrey records that twice 



