12 COUES, BIRDS OF NEAV ENGLAND. 



Syrnium cinereum Aud. — Great Gray Owl. A rare 

 winter visitant. Found in winter throuofhout New Eng;- 

 land ; but probably to be regarded as only a straggler to 

 its more southern portions. None have been observed to 

 breed in New England. 



No. 31. Salem, Essex Co. F. W. Putuam, Winter of 1866-7. 

 No. 34. Wenham, Essex Co. James Bartlett, Feb. 1859. 



8yrnium nehuloswn Gray. — Barred Owl. Abundant. 



Resident in all portions of New England. 



No. 26, $ , adult. Essex Co. James BufliDgton, Nov. 27, 1854. 

 No. 190. Salem, Essex Co. E. S. Waters, Nov. 10, 1866. 



Bubo Virginianus Bon. — Great Horned Owl. Com- 

 mon. Resident. 



The Strix ^"arctica Richardson," enumerated as a bird 

 of Massachusetts {Peah., p. 276, aud Putn., p. 226) on 

 the authority of Mr. Nuttall, undoubtedly refers to this 

 species in the albescent state of plumage, which consti- 

 tutes Mr. Cassin's B. Virginianus var. arcticus. The 

 "Strix scandiaca Linn.," of Linsley's list (p. 253) in all 

 probability was also based upon the same variety of Vir- 

 ginianus. 



No. 33, $. Essex Co. T. Ropes, Oct. 1849. 



No. 32, -? . Lynn, Essex Co. J. Saul, Feb. 28, 18G4. 



/Scojjs asio Bon. — Mottled Owl. Red Owl. Screech 



Owl. Abundant everywhere. Resident. 



No. 27, $ . (Grey plumage.) Essex Co. H. P. Ives, Nov. 1854. 

 No. 28. (Red plumage.) Essex Co. S. Jillsou, 1858. 



Nyctalc Acadica J^on. — Acadian Owl. Common; es- 

 pecially in more northern sections of the country. Res- 

 ident. 



No. 29, J- . Essex Co. S. Jillsou, 1858. 

 No. 30, ?. " " " " " 



Ny elide Ilichardsoni Bon. — Richardson's OavI. (" Ula- 

 la Teng7ncd7ni" Audubon, and earlier authors.) Not abun- 

 dant. Chiefly a winter visitant, aud rare as far south as 

 Massachusetts. It is probably resident in the north of 

 Maine ; though not, I believe, actually observed to breed. 

 There are repeated instances of its occurrence in winter 

 in the southernmost New England States. 



NycUde alhifrons Cassin. — Kirtland's Owl. I have 



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