242 
1865. 
May 23. 
18-7. 
June 3. 
1869. 
June 7. 
12 . 
Coccyzus erythropthalmus. 
Middlesex County, Mass. 
Nest v/ith two eggs (R.Deane). 
* nest was found with one egg. 
Tv^o nefc^sj one with throe fresh and another with 
four v/ell-advanced; both in stunfled wild apple-trees. 
Nest four fresh; placed in a barberry bush; male 
fed the female on the nest. 
Several. 
May 21. 
Oct. 
1874. 
Hoard one. 
Saw one. They have been numerous in the Maple Swamp 
during the past month. Several v/hich v/o killed were so 
fat that the grease immediately exuded from the shot 
hoi s and spread over the whole plumage. 
June 12. 
July 21. 
1876. 
May 31. 
Juno 
Nest with four eggs. The femalo sat rather closely 
and v;-hen started off uttered tho'usual notes prefixing 
them, however, by a guttural wgr»rVr atteroo whi<>h i 
think IS peculiar to this species. 
Many singing about 10 P.m. along the banks of the 
Assabet niverConcord. 
Female sitting on one egg. 
The nest found May 31 contained five eggs at 8 o*clofe 
werolald b^twoon 
Yellow-billed Cuckoo to which two eggs 
MSS added bstwsor. 7 P.M. and 4 A.V. the no« corning, 
or xn nine and one-half hours. ’ 
With I^rll '"I ‘he third 
ably whii; th? 11°*' incubated considor- 
SBd Mowi I ! Cucioos 
ui mixed together in a v/atery fluid Artor- hrs-i • ^ 
bated a few days the white beLmes'hird Md of a gMss"!“' 
fhat thf :^ga se®::eri‘iMn::rd\™L^r:ii\^g“‘^ 
