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was seen, but not taken. {Streator.) In May, 1881, I saw one of 

 these birds at Burrard Inlet, and in June, 1882, the late Mr. J. C. 

 Hughes found a pair breeding at Kamloops ; in June, 1887, I saw 

 a pair at Skinner's swamp near the city of Victoria, and from 

 their actions I concluded they were breeding in that locality ;. 

 later in the same year one was shot on Mount Tolmie. {Fannin.) 

 Tolerably common summer resident at Chilliwack, and becoming 

 more abundant in the coast region every year, probably on account 

 of the invasions of the forest tent caterpillar. {Brooks.) 



388. Black-billed Cuckoo. 



Coccyzus erythrphthalmus (Wils.) Bonap. 1824, 



Audubon, Vol. IV., p. 301, states that they saw a few individ- 

 uals in clumps of low trees a few miles from the shore of the 

 Gulf of St. Lawrence. {Packard^ Not very common ; a summer 

 resident in Nova Scotia. {Dowfis) Fairly common at Wolfville, 

 King's Co., N.S., from May to September. {H. Tufts.) Never seen 

 around St. John, New Brunswick, but common inland in summer. 

 {Chamberlain.) A tolerably common summer resident, York Co., 

 New Brunswick. {W.H.Moore.) Common summer resident. Breeds 

 in Mount Royal Park, Montreal, Que. {Wintle.) Summer resident 

 in Quebec; taken at Beauport. {Dionne.) Common summer resi- 

 dent around Ottawa, Ont. {Ottawa Naturalist,Vo\.Y.) This species 

 is a regular summer resident in Ontario, and though not abundant 

 is generally distributed. {Mcllwraith^ Fairly common around 

 Toronto, and breeds ; generally distributed over the Parry Sound 

 and Muskoka districts. (/. H. Fleming) On July 6th, 1900, one 

 specimen came into the potato patch at Cache Lake, Algonquin 

 Park, and fed on the potato bugs. {Spreadborougk.) This species 

 is a common summer resident throughout the wooded part of 

 Manitoba and has been taken by myself at Carberry and Shoal 

 Lake, near Duck Mountain. {Thompson-Seton.) Apparently a rare 

 species west of Manitoba. A female was first seen at Indian Head, 

 Assa., June 24th, 1892, in a willow thicket ; in a few days another 

 female was seen and shot and an egg was found in her oviduct, 

 which shows that the species breeds there. On the 19th May, 

 1894, one was seen at Medicine Hat, Assa., and another in the 

 same place on June 3rd. None seen further west. {Spread- 

 borough) 



