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A LIST OF THE BIRDS OF NOVA SCOTIA, 

 AS FAR AS ASCERTAINED, COMPILED MOSTLY FROM • 

 ACTUAL OBSERVATION, IN THE YEARS 1852-3-4 and 5. 



BY UEUT. BLAKISTON, OF THE ROYAL ARTILLERY; AND LIEUT. BLAND, OF 

 THE ROYAL ENGINEERS. 



Those marked * are on the authority of Mr. Andrew Downs, a naturalist resident in the 

 countrj'. 



Land Birds. 



Bald-headed Eagle, (Haliaeetus leucocephalus.) — Resident: not uncommon. 

 ^^Osprey, or Fish Hawk, (Pandion haliaeetus.) — Common along the coast: 

 breeds. ■:i-~ -- . ■ c tv//j/ 



^'^ Jer-Falcon, (Falco Islandicus.) — Very rare, and only in winter: one 

 instance in ten years. < - - i c^-o/ftXt^- — 



Pigeon Haioh, (F. columbarius.) — Common: breeds. 



Sparrow Hawk, (F. sparverius.) — Not uncommon: breeds, i :f u-.-^^ ul^. (Uu..^ 



Sed-shouldered Buzzard, (Buteo lineatus.) — Rather common: breeds. 

 ^Bough-legged Buzzard, (B. lagopus.) — Rare. - 



Bed-tailed, or American Buzzard, (B. borealis.) — Not common. 



American Goshawk, (Astur atracapillus.) — Rather common. 



Sharp-shinned Hawk, (A. fuscus.) — Rather common. 



American Hen Harrier, (Circus Hudsonicus.) — Abundant: breeds. 

 ^yHawk Owl, (Strix funerea.) — Common: breeds mostly north. (S*<^yr%^A-*'r 

 ^^Snow]) Owl, (S. nyctea.) — Rare here in winter: breeds north. ^TXytCuf- 



Long-eared Owl, (S. otus.) — Not common. , Ci^^^i- . r cek.%,>.*^ j , , 



Short-eared Owl, (S. brachyotos.) — Not common. //?'>-«-«^/*xc«J ^jkJJ*^ 



Acadian Owl, (Noctua Acadica.) — Resident: common. 

 fUf^jl^tx^jTengmalms Oivl, (N. Tengmalmi.) — Rare: resident inland. /t/V*,\^/6/i»,yP^; 

 y- Sparrow Owl, (N. passerina.) — Found inland: very rare. ffApi;ji^,,jL- «K.f-f' 



Barred Oivl, (Syrnium nebulosum. — Resident: common. ■''^'■./\ 



Great Horned Owl, (Bubo Virginianus.) — Resident: very common. 



Whip-poor-will, (Caprimulgus vociferus.) — Rare : arrives beginning of June. 



Night Hav)k, (C. Virginianus.) — Abundant; arrives end of May: breeds, 



■fChimney Swallow, (Hirundo pelasgia.) — Arrives end of March. 

 ^/* Purjjle Martin, (H. purpurea.) — Occasional. 



White-bellied Martin, (H. bicolor.) — Abundant: arrives about 20th. April, 



Bepublican, or Cliff Swalloto, (H. fulvus.) — Abundant: arrives about 1st. 

 May; departs about 20th. August. 



Barn Swallow, (H. rustica.) — Abundant: arrives about 1st. of May; 

 departs beginning of September. _^, 



^ Bank Swallow, (H. riparia.) — Inland. ' iV;/' 



t Is this English name the right one ? Our English Swallow S. rustica is the Chimney- 

 Swallow. — r. 0. Morris. 



