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place in the late '70's or early '8o's, as I am informed by Dr. W. 

 H. Fox. who examined the specimen. Fenacook, Mr. C. F. 

 Goodhue has mounted one shot here some years ago, and has a 

 mounted specimen shot by him about thirty j^ears ago at Web- 

 ster, where he also shot another bird at about the same time. 

 Mr. Ned Dearborn ('98, p. 18) states that a Mr. George Stol- 

 worthy asserts that he mounted one taken in Sanbornton during 

 the breeding season, an occurrence which, if true, is surely 

 quite accidental. 



Dates : October 25 to April 20. 



136. Coccyzus americaiius (lyinn.). YeivIvOw-biIvLEd 

 Cuckoo. 



A very rare summer resident, barely reaching the south-cen- 

 tral parts of the state in the Transition areas of the valley bot- 

 toms and the coast. A few of these birds appear to follow up 

 the Merrimack valley for some distance, and perhaps with more 

 regularity than the few records might seem to indicate. Thus 

 Mr. W. W. Flint writes me of one killed a few years ago at 

 Concord, and seen by him, and Mr. Ned Dearborn ('98, p. 18) 

 records a pair seen in a piece of inundated^ woods at Northfield, 

 farther up the valley, on June 24, 1897, and adds that another 

 was brought in which was found dead, that same season. It is 

 stated by Mr. F. W. Batchelder ( : 00, p. 127) to be a "rare 

 summer resident" at Manchester, though no definite instances 

 of its occurrence are cited. The most northern record for the 

 state is that given by Mr. R. H. Howe, Junior, ( :oi, p. 35) of 

 an adult female shot on July 4, 1900, at the head of Newfound 

 I/ake. The bird may very well have followed up the Merrimack 

 and Pemigewasset valleys to this point. The same author 

 ( : 02) records its presence in the Connecticut basin of Vermont, 

 and I am assured by Mr. W. M. Buswell that it occurs at 

 Charlestown, N. H., in the Connecticut valley. On the coast, 

 Mr. A. A. Baton writes me that,he has positively identified it 

 at Seabrook, and Mr. W. E. Cram has noted it thrice at Hamp- 

 ton Falls, September, 1897, September, 1899, and August, 1900, 

 respectively. 



