the band designation beginning with 
the letters CU, and all very tame, 
showed up at various parts of the 
island during the spring and summer 
of 1962 and 1963. Their origin has 
not yet been determined (39)„ 
CUCULIDAE (Cuckoos) 
71. Yellow-billed Cuckoo ( Coccyzus 
americanus (Linnaeus)) 
This cuckoo apparently visits 
the island only on rare occasions. 
None was seen on the early bird expe¬ 
ditions, and the first observations 
were made in the fall of 1929 ( 20) . 
Gilbert in 1946 ( 30) reported seeing 
adult birds on the island in midsummer. 
72. Black-billed Cuckoo ( Coccyzus 
erythropthalmus Wilson)) 
The black-billed cuckoo is a 
rare summer resident. It has been 
recorded by Peet (14) and Wood ( 21) . 
Shelton saw one in 1960 and 1962, 
both in the 1936 burn area(39). 
Figure 18. Old lighthouse on Menagerie Island. 
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