91. Coccyzus erytkrophthalmus. 
First plumage : female. Above lustrous plumbeous-ashy, feathers upon, 
the crown, nape, and anterior part of the back, narrowly tipped with pale 
ashy ; those of the interscapular region and rump, together with the scap- 
ulars and upper tail-coverts, more broadly so with ashy- white. Outer edges 
of quills light rufous. Beneath delicate pearl-gray, lightest on the abdo- 
men, slightly tinged with pale brownish-yellow on the throat and breast. 
Prom a specimen in my collection shot in Lincoln, Mass., June 17, 1871. 
Autumnal specimens (probably only the young birds) differ from spring 
adults in having the naked skin around the eye yellow instead of red. 
PuU. N.O.O. 3, Oct., 1878, p. / 7 &- 
Albinism and Melanism in North 
American Birds# Buthven Deane, 
Through the kindness of Mr. N. C. Brown I have been 
enabled to procure a most beautiful specimen of the Black-billed 
Cuckoo ; the plumage is of immaculate whiteness ; the bill and feet 
are dull white, and the collector said that the eyes were pink. It 
was taken in the vicinity of Portland, Me. 
Bull N. O.O. 4, Jan., 1879, p, 29 
0 .&O.XIV. Oct. 1889 P-l6^ 
Notes from Amherst, Mass. 
June 25th, I took a Cuckoo which seems much 
like a hybrid between C. erythroplithalmus and C. 
americana. It has the bill and feet of the former 
pr,u tl,p wino-s are nlentifullv colored, both above 
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