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by L. B. B. About April 15, 1902, Branford (G. V. Smith) ; 

 Nov. 18, 1905, Nov. 20, 1906, Portland (J. H. S.) ; Nov. 19, 

 1905, Stamford (Porter) ; Nov., 1905, New Haven (L. C. S. 

 and L. B. B.) ; Dec. 23, 1905, Danbury (J. C. A. M.) ; Nov. 22, 

 1910, New Haven (Minor). 



Surnia ulula caparoch (Miiller). Hawk Owl. 



The following are the only records for this state : Nov., 1869, 

 New Haven, bird secured by Dr. F. W. Hall (recorded by Mer- 

 riam^ as the first Connecticut specimen) ; winter, 1879, near 

 Stamford, one seen at a distance of twenty fefet in flight and 

 plainly identified (Hoyt). 



Order COCCYGES. Cuckoos, etc. 



Suborder CUCULI. Cuckoos, etc. 



Family CUCULID^. Cuckoos, Anis, etc. 



Subfamily Coccyzin^. American Cuckoos. 



Coccyzus americanus americanus (Linnaeus). Yellow- 

 billed Cuckoo. 



A tolerably common summer resident from the middle of 

 May to the middle of September. 



Earliest record. New Haven, May 10, 1894, May 8, ' 1894 

 (A. H. V.) ; Portland, May 7, 1895. 



Latest record. New Haven, Oct. 16, 1900; Portland, Oct. 

 17, 1894. 



Nest. Usually in a bush or slender tree in a thicket; height 

 from ground, 5 to 10 feet (one 40 feet) ; composed of sticks and 

 twigs, and just large enough to hold the eggs. 



Eggs. 3-5 ; usually early in June. 



Nesting dates. Earliest record. May 24, 1898, four eggs 

 (J. H. H.). Latest record. Aug. 26, 1889, two eggs (W. I. C.y 



Unusual records. June 7, 1894, a nest containing two eggs 

 of this species and two of the Black-billed Cuckoo, with the 

 female Yellow-billed sitting, was found by L. B.,B. ; about 1877, 

 a single egg found in a Robin's nest along with eggs of the latter 



iMerriam, Birds of Conn., p. 73. 

 ^Oohgist, vi, 12, p. 231. 



