40 . JOURNAL OF THE 
shivering notes of this little owl may be heard about the 
groves and campus during all seasons of the year. Especially 
is this true in the late summer when the young of the year, 
then about grown, join with their parents in the nightly ser- 
enade, Their nests are placed in the hollows of trees. 
30. Buto Vircinianus (Gmel.) Great Horned Owl. For 
a large bird the horned owl is a fairly common resident in this 
region. Its domicile is usually located in the natural cavity 
of some tree or in an old hawk or crow’s nest. The eggs are 
deposited early in the year. A female shot on January 21, 
1899, contained two well developed ovarian eggs. 
Family Cuculidae. 
31. Coccyzus AMERICANUS (Linn.) Yellow-billed Cuckoo ; 
Rain Crow. A well known plaintive cry from orchard and 
forest is the note of the rain crow in summer. It retires to 
the south on the approach of autumn. 
Family Alcedinidae. 
32, CERYLE ALCyON (Linn.) Belted Kigfisher, Observed 
occurring along the creeks in autumn, winter and spring. May 
possibly breed. 
Family Picidae. 
33. DRYOBATES VILLOSUS AUDUBONII (Var?) Hairy Wood- 
pecker. ‘Two specimens were taken during the winter of 18- 
97-98. It is probably a rare resident. 
34, DRYOBATES PUBESCENS (Linn,) Downy Woodpecker, 
An abundant resident, associating often with the Titmouse 
and Chicadee. The downy spends the long winter nights in 
holes which it hollows out of the dead limbs of trees for this 
purpose. 
35. SPHYRAPICUS VARIUS (Linn.) Yellow-bellied Sapsucker. 
A common winter form. It often girdles trees with numer- 
ous small holes which it drills for the purpose of drinking the 
sap. ‘The apple, spruce pine and maple are among the trees 
which thus suffer. 
36. CEOPHLOEUS PILEATUS (Linn.) Pileated Woodpecker. 
