226 FAUNA OF NEW ENGLAND. 



Bushy woods; nests on the ground, rarely in trees. 



N. H. — Introduced from England at Wolfboro in 18th century. 



Mass. — Unsuccessfully introduced in Berksh re Co. 



Phasianus torquatus Gmelin. 



Ring-necked pheasant; Denny pheasant; Ring pheasant. 



Gmel., Syst. nat., 17SS, vol. 1, pt. 2, p. 742. Refers to Latham's Synop- 

 sis: "China. .. .about the Caspian Sea, ... .Great Tartary, and in 

 the south of the Mongolian Desert." Ogilvie-Grant, Cat. birds 

 British mus., 1893, vol. 22, p. 332. Elliot, Monogr. Phasianidae, 1872, 

 vol. 2, pi. 5. 



Thickets; nests on the ground. 



Vt. — Introduced successfully at Shelburne. 



Mass. — Introduced at Winchester and elsewhere, since 1894, and now 

 well established at many places, mainly in eastern part. 



Conn. — Successfully introduced (Fisher's Id.) . 



Columba domestica Gmelin. 



Rock dove ; Domestic pigeon ; Dove ; Pigeon. 



Gmel., Syst. nat., 1788, vol. 1, pt. 2, p. 7G9. No locality. 



Columba livia Linne. Dresser, Birds of Europe, 1871-81, vol. 7, p. [11], 

 pi. [457] (upper fig., wild bird). Tegetmeier, Pigeons: their structure, 

 varieties, habits, and management, London, 1868, 190 pp., 16 pis. Egg, 

 Seebohm, 1896, p. 158, pi. 47, fig. 9. 



Sea cliffs, nesting in crevices of rocks; now domesticated about buildings. 



Me.-Conn. — Introduced under domestication but now common in a 

 feral state in towns and cities. 



Buteo borealis harlani (Audubon). Harlan's hawk. Accredited 

 to Massachusetts by Peabody on Nuttall's authority, probably in error. 



"Buteo cooperi" Cassin. Cooper's hen-hawk; California hawk. 

 A record for Cambridge, Mass., is believed to have been based on a very 

 light-colored example of B. lineatus. 



Surnia ulula (Linn6). European hawk owl. — Specimens of this and 

 the American race are said to have been taken at Houlton, Me., in 1877, 

 but probably all were S. u. caparoch. 



Dryobates villosus leucomelas (Boddaert). Northern hairy wood- 

 pecker. — LTnder this name Chadbourne lists the Hairy woodpecker from 

 Williamstown, Mass., probably in error for D. villosus. 



