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(b) BoNASA UMBELLUS — Riiffed Grouse — Common in most large or thick woods at a 

 reasonable distance fi-om the towns. 



(6) Meleagris gallopavo — Wild Turkey — Formerly quite common. A nest was 

 found in Delaware Township in 1878 with thirteen eggs. 



{b) Zenaidura macroura — Mourning Dove — Not as common in Middlesex as it is 

 farther west in the peninsula. 



(a) Cathartes aura — Turkey Vulture — A nest was found in 1890 by J. IST. Sullivan 

 near Kerwood. Several other pairs probably breed in the county. 



(a) Circus hudsonius — Marsh Hawk — Breeds in almost all large sphagnum swamps, 

 also in fields occasionally ; one nest found in London South in June, 1890. 



(c) AcciPiTER VELOx — SJiarp-sMnned Hawk — Three nests only are recorded ; not 

 many pairs spend the summer here. 



(c) AcciPiTER cooPERi — Cooper's Hawk — Breeds sparingly. 



(a) BuTEO borealis — Red-tailed Hawk — Tolerably common. 



{a) BuTEO LINEATUS — Red-tailed Hawk — Our most common hawk in the breeding 

 season. 



(a) Falco SPARVERius — American Sparrow Hawk — Rather rare. Probably not more 

 than one pair in three or four square miles. 



(a) Asio wiLSONiANUS — American Long-eared Owl — Only one nest found, by R.Elliott 

 near Plover Mills. 



(a) Megascops asio — Screech Owl — Not uncommon, though nests are not often 

 found. One by W. A. Balk will near London in 1890, and 1891 in the same hole. 



{a) Bubo virginianus — Great Horned Owl — Tolerably common. 



{a) CoccYzus amerioanus — Yellow-billed Cuckoo — More common than the next, lay- 

 ing smaller sets of larger eggs. Believed to have increased in abundance during the last 

 ten years. 



(a) CoccYZUS ERYTHROPHTHALMUS — Black-oilled Cuckoo — Contrary to its custom else- 

 where, nests have been found with six eggs. Sets of this size in other parts of the country 

 have generally been reported as being partly hatched, the eggs being laid at considerable 

 intervals so that the first eggs are hatched before the last are laid. 



(6) Ceryle alcyon — Kingfisher — Common. 



(a) Dryobates villosus — Hairy Woodpecker — Rather rare ; nests usually escape 

 detection until the young are hatched. 



[a) Dryobates pubescens — Downy Woodpecker — More common than the last. 



(a) Sphyrapicus varids — Yellow-bellied Woodpecker — Rare. 



(a) CEOPHLffiUS pileatus — Pileated Woodpecker — Very rare. 



(a) Melanerpes erythrocephalus — Red-headed Woodpecker — Common. 



(a) Melanerpes carolinus — Red-bellied Woodpecker — Very rare. 



(a) Colaptes auratus — Flicker — Common. Holes made by this species and by the 

 Red-head are occasionally found so close to the ground that the eggs are almost on the 

 ground level. 



(a) Antrostomus vocifsrus — Whip-poor-will — Tolerably common in suitable locali- 

 ties. Appears to be less common this year than formerly. 



{a) Chordeiles virginianus — Night Hawk — Common. 



(a) Chaetura pelagica — Swift — Common. Still breeds in trees occasionally. 



{a) Trochilus colubris — Ruby-throated Hummingbird — Rather rare. 



(a) Tyrannus tyrannus — Kingbird — Common. 



(a) Myiarchus crinitus — Crested Fhjcatcher — Tolerably common. 



