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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 j 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 Fe 

 Kail way, 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 Aniinas, 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. Ill, 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, Iowa, 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 Augelo, 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, 111. 



In the fall of 1885 the last was seen at Iowa City, Iowa, August 26, 

 and at Fernwood, 111., September 11. At Saint Louis, Mo., it was con- 



