O.& O . Vll. Dec. 15,1882 . p. ) Ff, 
Cuckoos. — One very singular find of 
^r^mine this season was a nest containing 
' a set each of Black-billed and Yellow- 
^ billed Cuckoos. It was in a young oak 
^ sapling in a crotch about nine feet up. 
t^There were two eggs of each variety, very 
distinct in size and color — no one seeing 
Ip^them would question the distinction. In- 
^ cubation had commenced but was about 
^equally advanced, showing they were laid 
j^at about the same time. The old Yellow- 
bill 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 
{§5kglad I found it, for he once found one 
•'^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. 
So 
