Page 186. #YELLOW-BILLED TROPIC BIRD.#--_Phaethon flavirostris._ Other names: "Phaeton." RANGE.--Tropical coasts; Atlantic coasts of tropical America, West Indies, Bahamas, Bermudas; casual in Florida and accidental in Western New York and Nova Scotia. (Chapman.) NEST--In holes in the perpendicular faces of cliffs, also on the flat surfaces of rocks. EGGS--One, ground color of purplish brownish white, covered with fine reddish chocolate-colored spots. (Davie.) * * * * * Page 190. #EUROPEAN KINGFISHER.#--_Alcedo ispida._ RANGE--England and portions of Europe. NEST--In holes of the banks of streams. EGGS--Usually six, of a deep pinkish hue. * * * * * Page 193. #VERMILION FLY-CATCHER.#--_Pyocephalus rubineus mexicanus._ RANGE--Southern Border of the United States south through Mexico and Guatemala. NEST--In forks of ratana trees, not more than six feet up, of small twigs and soft materials felted together, the rims covered with lichens; the cavity is shallow. EGGS--Usually three, the ground color a rich creamy-white, with a ring of large brown and lilac blotches at the larger end. * * * * * Page 198. #LAZULI BUNTING.#--_Passerina amoena._ Other name: "Lazuli Painted Finch." RANGE--Western United States from the Great Plains to the Pacific; south in winter to Western Mexico. NEST--In a bush or the lower limbs of trees, a few feet from the ground, of fine strips of bark, small twigs, grasses, and is lined with hair. EGGS--Usually four, light bluish-green.