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Remarks (This species is to be) (III)

This species is to be distinguished from the Yellow-billed Cuckoo chiefly by the absence of rufous in the wings, black in the tail, and yellow in the lower mandible.

Range.-Eastern North America; breeds as far north as Labrador, and winters in Central and South America.

Washington, rather rare S. R., May 2 to Oct. 15. Sing Sing, common S. R., May 3 to Oct. 7. Cambridge, common S. R., May 15 to Sept. 20. Nest, similar to that of the preceding, but more compactly built; location the same. Eggs, two to five, greenish blue, of a deeper shade than those of the preceding species, 1.14 × 85.

This species resembles the preceding in habits. The two birds may be distinguished in life by the differences in the color of their bills and tails. Mr. William Brewster has called my attention to an easily recognizable difference in their calls. The present species has a much softer voice, and the cow, cow notes are connected.

The ANI (383. Crotophaga ani), a common species in the Bahamas and Greater Antilles, is of accidental occurrence in Pennsylvania, Florida, and