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habits; deacr. nest and eggs).— Willis, An. Eep. Smithson. Inst., 1859, 287 

 (Bermudas). — Salvin and Sclater, Ibis, 1860, 43 (Coban, Guatemala). — 

 Taylor, Ibis, 1860, 118 (Tigre I., Honduras). — Sclater, Proc. Zool. Soc. 

 Lond., 1860, 252 (Vera Cruz); 1864, 120, part (monogr.); 1870, 165, part 

 (monogr.); Cat. Am. Birds, 1862, 322; Rev. List Birds Jamaica, 1910, 11 

 (breeding). — Albrecht, Journ. fur Orn., 1862, 202 (Jamaica). — Verrill 

 (A. E.), Proc. Essex Inst., iii, 1862, 143 (Oxford Co., Maine, rare but probably 

 breeding). — Sclater and Salvin, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1864, 366 (Panama); 

 1875, 237 (San Cristobal, Venezuela); 1879, 537 (Medellin, Antioquia, Colom- 

 bia).— Lawrence, Ann. Lye. N. Y., viii, 1866, 291 (vicinity of New York 

 City); ix, 1868, 128 (Costa Rica).— Trippe, Proc. Bost. Soc. N. H., xv, 1872, 

 233 (Decatur and Mahaska counties, Iowa, breeding). — Cotjes, Check List, 

 1873, no. 291; Birds Northwest, 1874, 275.— Gentry, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. 

 Phila., 1874, 108 (habits).— Gundlach, Journ. fur Orn., 1874, 156 (Cuba; 

 habits); 1878, 185 (Porto Rico); Orn. Cubana, ed. 1895, 144.— Dubois, Bull. 

 Ac. Roy. Belg., xxxix, 1875, 9 (Belgium, 1 spec, Oct. 22, 1874). — Merriam, 

 Trans. Conn. Ac. Sci., iv, 1877, 63 (Connecticut, common summer resident); 

 Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, vi, 1881, 232 (Adirondack region, New York, breed- 

 ing). — Allen, Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, ii, 1877, 110 (occasionally parasitic); 

 Bull. Am. Mus. N. H., xiii, 1900, 134 (Bonda, Santa Marta, Colombia, Oct., 

 Nov.); Auk, xvii, 1900, 364 (Bonda).— Merrill (J. O), Proc. U. S. Nat. 

 Mus., i, 1878, 150 (Ft. Brown, Texas, breeding).— Mearns, Bull. Essex Inst., 

 xii, 1879, 117 (Hudson Highlands, New York, breeding). — Cory, Birds 

 Bahama Is., 1880, 117 (New Providence I.); Auk, iii, 1886, 364 (West Indian 

 localities and references); viii, 1891, 47 (Antigua), 351 (Inagua, Bahamas, 

 May, June), 353 (Anguilla, May; Cay Sal, May); ix, 1892, 48 (Watling I.); 

 Birds West Ind., 1889, 159; Cat. West Ind. Birds, 1892, 102 (New Providence, 

 Watling, Great Inagua, Cay Sal, and Anguilla islands, Bahamas; Cuba; 

 Jamaica; Port Rico; St. Croix; Barbada; Barbados); Pub. 137, Field Mus. 

 N. H., 1909, 199 (Aruba, Dutch West Indies).— Ridg way, Proc. U. S. Nat. 

 Mus., iii, 1880, 190, part; x, 1888, 577 (Swan I., Caribbean Sea, Apr. 14); 

 Norn. N. Am. Birds, 1881, no. 387, part; Orn. Illinois, i, 1889, 393.— Ogilby, 

 Sci. Proc. Roy. Dubl. Soc, iii, 1882, 60 (Navarro Co., Texas, summer resident; 

 habits).— Nehrling, Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, vii, 1882, 171 (s. e. Texas, breed- ■ 

 ing).— Brown (N. O), Proc. Portl. Soc. N. H., 1882, (20) (Portland, Maine, 

 rare). — Berlepsch and Taczanowski, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1883, 572 

 (Chimbo, w. Ecuador, Sept.).— Reid, Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus., no. 25, 1884, 212 

 (Bermudas, April, Oct., Nov.). — Seton, Auk, ii, 1885, 335 (Toronto, Ontario, 

 several records). — Ralph and Bagg, Trans. Oneida Hist. Soc, iii, 1886, 122 

 (Oneida Co., New York, rare summer resident). — American Ornitholo- 

 gists' Union, Check List, 1886, no. 387, part; 2d ed., 1895, no. 387.— Han- 

 cock, Bull. Ridgw. Orn. Club, no. 2, 1887, 16 (Corpus Christi, Texas, breed- 

 ing). — Scott, Auk, vi, 1889, 250 (Key West, Florida, breeding; crit.); ix, 



1892, 212 (Caloosahatchie R., Florida, breeding), 274 (Jamaica), 372 (Port 

 Henderson, Jamaica, breeding). — Salvin, Ibis, 1889, 372 (Cozumel I., Yuca- 

 tan; Ruatan I., Honduras; crit.). — Feilden, Ibis, 1889, 487 (Barbados). — 

 Cherrie, Auk, vii, 1890, 333 (Costa Rica); ix, 1892, 327 (San Jos<5, Costa 

 Rica, Sept., Oct.); Contr. Orn. San Dom., 1896, 19 (Santo Domingo City, 

 breeding). — White, Auk, viii, 1891, 114 (Ottawa, Ontario, breeding); x, 



1893, 224 (Mackinac I., Michigan, 1 spec, July). — Hagerup, Auk, viii, 1891, 

 320 (Greenland).— Rhoads, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1892, 106 (Corpus 

 Christi, Texas, breeding). — Coombs, Auk, ix, 1892, 205 (Louisiana, breed- 

 ing). — Attwater, Auk, ix, 1892, 234 (San Antonio, Texas, breeding).— 

 Wayne, Auk, x, 1893, 337 (Old Town, n. w. Florida, breeding). — Chapman, 



