A List of the Birds of Meriden, Conn. 39 



Genis SYRNIUM Savigny. 



41. Syrnium nebulosum (Forst.). 



Barred Owl. 

 Resident. Not uncommon. 



Genus MEGASCOPS Kaup. 



42. Megascops asio (Linn.). 



Screech Owl. 

 Resident. The most common of our owls. We have both the 

 red and the gray or mottled forms ; the latter predominating. 



Genus BUBO Cuvier. 



43. Bubo virginianus (Gmel.). 



Great Horned Owl. (Hoot Owl.) 

 Resident. Not common. Much less common than many years 

 ago. 



Order COCCYGES. Cuckoos, Etc. 



Suborder CUCULI. Cuckoos, Etc. 



Family CUCULID^. Cuckoos, Anis, Etc. 



Subfamily COCCYGIN^. American Cuckoos. 



Genus COCCYZUS Vieillot. 



44. Coccyzus americanus (Linn.). 



Yellow-billed Cuckoo. 

 Uncommon summer resident. 



45. Coccyzus erythrophthalmus (Wils.). 



Black-billed Cuckoo. 

 Common summer resident. 



Suborder ALCYONES. Kingfishers. 

 Family ALCEDINID^. Kingfishers. 



Genus CERYLE Boie. 

 Subgenus STREPTOCERYLE Bonaparte. 



46. Ceryle alcyon (Linn.). 



Belted Kingfisher. 

 Summer resident. Not uncommon. 



