BIRDS OF BERMUDA. 203 
I never met with the species myself, but they were familiar to many of 
my friends. They did not visit the Bermudas in the autumn of 1874, 
but were numerous in September, 1875. 
Genus MoLOTHRUS, Sw. 
55. Molothrus pecoris, (Gm.) Sw. Cow-bird; Cow Blackbird. 
Fringilla pecoriz, Gm., Lath., Licht., Sabine. 
Emberiza pecoris, Wils. 
Passerina pecoriz, Vieil. 
Icterus pecoriz, Bp., Nutt., Aud. 
Molothrus pecoris, Sw. & Rich., Bp., Aud., Gir., Bd., Trippe, and of writers gen- 
erally. 
Molobrus pecoriz, Sundevall. 
Molothrus ates, Gray. 
Fringilla ambigua, Nutt. 
Length, 8.00; wing, 4.42; tail, 3.40. 
Hab.—Throughout temperate North America, north to 68°; winters 
in great numbers in the Southern States. (Coues.) 
In Mr. Bartram’s collection there is one example of this singular bird, 
which takes the place of our European Cuckoo in North America, build- 
ing no nest, but depositing its eggs by stealth in the nests of Warblers, 
Vireos, Sparrows, &c. This solitary specimen isa male. It was shot 
at Stocks Point by Mr. Bartram. 
Sub-family ICTERIN 2. 
Genus IcTERUS, Auct. 
56. Icterus baltimore, (Linn.) Daud. Baltimore Oriole; Golden Robin. 
Oriolus baltimore, Linn., Gm., Wils. 
Icterus baltimore, Daud., Bp., Nutt., Aud., Bp., and of late writers generally. 
Yphantes baltimore, Vieil., Bp., Woodh. 
Hyphantes baltimore, Cab., Lawr. 
Icterus baltimorensis, Bp., Scl. & Saly., Coues, Trippe. 
Length, 7.50; wing, 3.75. 
Hab.—United States east of Rocky Mountains, north regularly to 
British Provinces; passes to Mexico and Central America; Cuba (Comes). 
“Captain Tolcher, Fifty-sixth Regiment, shot one of these birds early 
in October, 1854, at Somerset. Mr. Hurdis found it amongst his collec- 
tion of skins on the 20th of the same month, when Captain Tolcher as- 
sured him that Mr. Harford, of his regiment, had killed another speci- 
men about the same time, which, from being very much mutilated, he 
had unfortunately thrown away.” (Nat.in B., p. 27.) A third example, 
amale in splendid plumage, is in my own collection. I shot it near 
Hungry Bay on April 28,1875. The bill and feet of this bird were 
bright livid blue. 
