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hatched. In the second case a cuckoo was seen coming from a 

 yellow warbler's nest. Upon examination an egg was found to 

 have been laid, and later on the young cuckoo was found with the 

 young warblers which, as the cuckoo grew, were crowded from the 

 nest. In the third case cited a cuckoo was actually found sitting 

 on a chipping sparrow's nest. An egg was laid and hatched the 

 young sparrows were finally ejected from the nest by the young 

 cuckoo. 



MUSEUM SPECIMENS. 



Four ; two were taken at Ottawa, one at Toronto, Ont.; the 

 fourth by Mr. W. Spreadborough at Medicine Hat, Assa., May 

 2 1 St, 1894. 



Two sets of four eggs each, taken at Kew Beach, Toronto, by 

 Mr. W. Raine. Nest made of twigs and rootlets in a tree five feet 

 from the ground. One set of four taken at Cyrville, near Ottawa, 

 by Mr. W. Anderson. Nest in a balsam fir about five feet from 

 the ground, built of twigs and leaves. 



XLIII. CUCULTJS LiNN^us. 1758. 



388-1. Kamchatkan Cuckoo. 



Cuciilus canorus telephonus (Heine). Stejn. 1885. 



An adult male of this species was collected on the sqnd dunes 

 of Northeast Point, St. Paul Island, Behring Sea, on July 

 4th, 1890. {The Auk, Vol. XL, p. 325.) 



Ramily XXXIII. ALCEDINID^. Kingfishers. 

 XLIV. CERYLE Boie. 1828. 

 390. Belted Kingfisher. 



Ceryle alcyon (J^mn.) Bonap. 1837. 



A summer visitor to Northwest River, Labrador, where it 

 breeds. Drexler obtained a specimen May 26th, i860, at Moose 

 Factory, James Bay. {^Packard.) Common all along the Moose 

 River to Moose Factory. None seen farther north in 1896. 

 {Spreadborough.) Tolerably common in Newfoundland during the 

 summer months. (Reeks.) Abundant along the Humber River, 

 Newfoundland. {L. H. Porter) Very common in Nova Scotia, 

 breeding all over the province. (Dowfts.) An abundant summer 



