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". a set each of Black-billed and Yellow- 
billed Cuckoos. It was in a young oak 
^sapling in a crotch about nine feet up. 
fruThere were two eggs of each variety, very 
S distinct in size and color — no one seeing 
JP^them would question the distinction. In- 
^ cubation had commenced but was about 
^equally advanced, showing they were laid 
^at about the same time. The old Yellow- 
“■oill had “ nine points of law” in her favor 
— “ possession.” It was late in the season 
for that species to be breeding, the 24th 
fc of July. Mentioning this circumstance to 
J. N. Stannis, he remarked that he was 
i^glad I found it, for he once found one 
•' K similarly situated but had never been able 
to convince anybody of the fact. It was 
not in such situations as I have usually 
found the Yellow-bills, but the bird was 
very tame and demonstrative and I 
could not be mistaken in the species. 
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