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to May 8. Clutches of five, six, and seven eggs were taken. This spe- 
cies has been captured as an accidental visitor in Arkansas, near Fort 
Lyons; and was seen by Mr. Trippe in Colorado north at least to latitude 
38°, which has led to the surmise that it was the species seen by Mr. 
Cavanaugh in southwestern Kansas, and reported by him to Colonel 
Goss as the Sage Cock. Colonel Goss, in a recent communication, states 
that in September, 1884, Mr. Charles Dyer saw two of these birds in 
western Kansas, along the line of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fé 
Railway, about 15 miles east of the western boundary of the State; and 
that he “has seen them quite often in Colorado, near the State line.” 
Colonel Goss further states: 
The birds are known to breed as far east as Las Animas, and I feel confident that 
they occasionally breed in the southwestern corner of this State [Kansas], a natural 
habitat of the birds, but unsettled and little known, especially as to its bird life. 
(The Auk, Vol. III, 1886, p. 114). 
386. Coccyzus minor (Gmel.). [386.] Mangrove Cuckoo. 
This tropical Cuckoo has been found as far north as the coast of Lou- 
isiana. 
387. Coccyzus americanus (Linn.). [387.] Yellow-billed Cuckoo. 
The range of this species is considerably more southern than that of 
the next. It breeds from the Gulf of Mexico to the northern tier of 
States. Both species are said to winter in Florida, but the bulk passes 
still further south. 
In the spring of 1884 the Yellow-billed Cuckoo entered our southern 
border the latter part of April, appearing at Rodney, Miss., and at Ma- 
son, Tex., April 28 and 29. At San Angelo, Tex., and Saint Louis, Mo., 
it was seen May 5 and 6, and at Burlington, Iowa, May 8. At Gaines- 
ville, Tex., and Ellis, Kans., it arrived May 12, and at Manhattan, 
Kans., and Iowa City, lowa, May 20, It came to Laporte City, Iowa, 
May 27. In Tom Green and Concho counties, Tex., it breeds in June. 
At Laporte, Iowa, on June 11, 1884, a female. was shot with eggs ready 
for the nest. 
In the fall of 1884 the bulk was reported as leaving Williamstown, 
Iowa, August 15, and the last August 27. The last was reported from 
Des Moines, Iowa, October 1; from Mount Carmel, Mo., September 21; 
and from San Angelo, Tex., August 15. 
For the spring of 1885 the records of the movements of this species 
in the West were quite full. It appeared at San Antonio, Tex., April 
17; at Mason, Tex., April 22; Bonham, Tex., April 29 (though it had been 
noticed April 20 at Gainesville, Tex.). May 14 it reached Manhattan, 
Kans. In Missouri it was seen at Saint Louis May 15, and at Mount 
Carmel May 17. By May 20 it had reached Des Moines, Iowa, and 
Fernwood, Ill. 
In the fall of 1885 the last was seen at Iowa City, Iowa, August 26, 
and at Fernwood, Il, September 11. At Saint Louis, Mo., it was con- 
