AVES. 115 



COCCYGES. CUCULI. 



CUCULIDAE. 



219. CocCYZUS AMERiCANUS (Linne) Bonaparte. 



Yellow-billed cuckoo; Chow-chow; Egg sucker; Milk sourer; 

 Rain crow; Rain dove. 



Audubon, Birds of Amer., 1842, vol. 4, p. 293, pi. 275. Egg, 

 Bendire, 1895, vol. 2, pi. 5, fig. 1. 



Cuculus americanus Linne, Syst. nat., ed. 10, 1758, vol. 1, p, 

 111. "Carolina." 



Thickets, shade trees, and open woods; nests in low trees or 

 bushes. 



Me. — Rare summer resident in southern counties. May 18- 

 Aug. 



N. H. — Rare summer resident of coast and southern valleys. 

 May-Sept. 



Vt. — Rare summer resident at lower elevations. May-summer. 

 Eggs, June 4- July 10. 



Mass. — Uncommon summer resident, mainly of south and east 

 parts. (May 4) May 9-Sept. 26 (Oct. 6; Nov.). Eggs, May 20- 

 June 30. 



R. I. — Summer resident, sometimes common. May 9-Sept. 

 25 (Oct. 23). Eggs, May 24-30. 



Conn. — Common summer resident. May 7-Sept. (Oct. 11). 

 Eggs, June 1-July 24 (Aug. 4, 18, 26, Sept. 23). 



220. CoccYZUS erythrophthalmus (Wilson) Bonaparte. 



Black-billed cuckoo; Chow-chow; Egg sucker; Milk sourer; 

 Rain crow; Rain dove. 



Audubon, Birds of Amer., 1842, vol. 4, p. 300, pi. 276. Egg, 

 Bendire, 1895, vol. 2, pi. 5, figs. 3, 4. 



Cuculus erythropthalma Wils., Amer. ornith., 1811, vol. 4, p. 16, 

 pi. 28. "Georgia." 



Thickets, shade trees, and open woods; nests in low trees or 

 bushes. 



