1875 
Coecyzus orythropthal.mus, 
Middlesex County, Mass. 
(June 7), Nest in Barberry, with yine young bird, one egg about 
to hatch, and one perfectly ffesh. 
“ 17. A nest with two eggs of the right-owner and one of 
the Yellovr-billed Cuckoo, All fresh, each pierced by 
a small hole in the side but v/ith the contents intact. 
The bird had evidently been killed on her nest, for most 
of her wing and tail feathers v/ere lying in and about it. 
“ 23, Young on v/ing* 
1877. 
Aug, 9, At Concord for several evenings past I have repeated¬ 
ly heard the unmistakable notes of thisCnckoo just after 
darkness had fairly set in. On previous occasions, I 
I supposed that the birds were merely calling from their 
perches but to-night, about 10 P.M,, I found on listen¬ 
ing attentively that they were in the air overhead and, 
in every instance, as nearly as I could determine passing 
southward. They seemed to be flying lov^ dovm. I heard 
at least five in the source of an hour. They uttered 
only the alarm note wur- r-r -roo 
1870, 
May 30, Nest, two fresh. 
