132 The Ottawa Naturalist. [September 



Sparrow Hawk [Falco sparverius). 



Breeds sparingly about islands in St. John River and on large 

 burnt areas. For a number of years a pair nested in a spire of a 

 church, entering at a hole made by Colaptes auratus. No exact 

 data about nesting. 



Nothing is known regarding breeding of the species until we 

 come to the Saw-whet Owl. 



Richardson's Owl has been taken here. 



Saw-whet Owl [Nyctala acadica). 



I have a set of eggs of this Owl, taken May 23, 5 eggs from 

 tresh to incubation well begun, showing that incubation begins 

 when the first &^^ is laid. The eggs are white, fairly well 

 polished, roundish oval, about 1.25 x 1.05 inches. The nest was 

 in an old nest of Colaptes auratus 20 feet up in a spruce s'ub about 

 40 feet from a highway. 



Great Horned Owl [Buteo virginianus). 



A young of this species was seen this last summer, July 26. 

 At that time it was the size of a Barred Owl and lacked the ear 

 tufts. 



Black-billed Cuckoo {Coccv^us erythrophthalmus). 



A set of 3 eggs taken July 18, fresh. The nest was placed 

 in small hazel bushes, and was merely a loosely constructed plat- 

 form. I have known this bird to desert its young when the nest 

 was molested, and after the young died they were covered with 

 leaves by the adults. It is common about copses along rivers. 



Kingfisher [Ceryle alcyon.) 



Breeds in vicinity of streams and rivers. The nest is com- 

 posed of a few blades of dried grasses and placed in a tunnel about 

 4 feet long in a sand bank. The eggs are laid by the last week in 

 May, and by July ist the young are nearly ready to leave the nest. 



Hairy Woodpecker {Dryobates villosus). 



Breeds early in May. In my collection is one egg of this 

 species, which was laid in with a set of nine eggs of Colaptes 

 auratus. Perhaps villosus was driven from its home by the larger 

 bird. 



