48 BIRDS OBSERVED NEAR PORTLAND, CONN. 



May 10 ; September 14 to November 30 ; one instance 



of breeding. 

 Semipalmated Sandpiper. — Common Transient Visitant in 



fall, August to October 7. 

 Killdeer. — Accidental Visitant, not seen since April 5, 1875. 

 Semipalmated Plover. — Transient Visitant, May 22 to June 



4 ; September. 

 Bob-white. — Common Permanent Resident. 

 Ruffed Grouse. — Common Permanent Resident. 

 Mourning Dove. — Common Summer Resident, March 19 to 



November 30 ; occasional in winter. 

 Red-shouldered Hawk. — Common Permanent Resident : 



less common in winter. 

 Red-tailed Hawk. — Common Permanent Resident ; less 



common in winter. 

 Marsh Hawk. — Tolerably common Summer Resident, April 



1 to November 2. 

 Sparrow Hawk. — Rather rare Permanent Resident. 

 Sharp-shinned Hawk. — Common Summer Resident, March 



27 to October 29 ; a few wintei*. 

 Cooper's Hawk. — Common Summer Resident, March 18 to 



October 15. 

 Bald Eagle. — Of irregular occurrence, April, May, June, 



and December. 

 Osprey. — Common Transient Visitant, April 5 to May 25 ; 



September 7 to October 18. 

 Short-eared Owl. — Common Transient Visitant, April ; 



October 8 to December 7. 

 Long-eared Owl. — Probably a Permanent Resident. Not 



uncommon in winter. 

 Screech Owl. — Common Permanent Resident. 

 Barred Owl. — Rare Permanent Resident, sometimes com- 

 mon in October, November, and December. 

 Yellow-billed Cuckoo. — Common Summer Resident, May 7 



to October 17. 

 Black-billed Cuckoo. — Common Summer Resident, May 1 



to September 4. 

 Kingfisher. — Common Summer Resident, April 5 to No- 

 vember 22; casual in winter. 



