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vigilant care. The eggs were hatched out, and in time the whole five were reared in safety." 

 The eggs of the present species in my collection are smaller and much darker in colour than 

 those of the Yellow-billed Cuckoo, and one or two are greener in tinge. The surface of the 

 shell is rather smoother than in those of C. americanus, and has a slight gloss. In size they vary 

 from 1-£q by f§ inch to 1^ - by -f^ inch. 



The specimen figured, on the same Plate with C. americanus, is the one above described, and 

 is in my collection. 



In the preparation of the above article I have examined the following specimens : — 



E Mus. H. E. Dresser. 



a, ad. Pennsylvania, 1864 (G. A. Boardman) . b, $ ad. Kingston, Ontario, May 28th, 1873 {Arthur R. 

 Dresser) . 



E Mus. Salvin and Godman. 



a. Stone's Lot, Washington, September 22nd, 1859 (D. W. Prentiss), b. Guatemala (0. S.). c. Duenas, 

 October 1861 (0. S.). d, ? . Medellin, Antioquia, U. S. C. (F. K. Salmon). 



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