34 FOREST AND STREAJI 



Broad-tailed Unmming' Bird- See Selasphnrus platycercvs. 



Broad- win ffi'd Kaiik. See Buteo pennsplvanicus. 



Brotlierly-love Yireo. See Vireo pJnladelpMcus. 



Brown Creeper. See CertKia familiaria 



Brown Pelican. See Pelecanus fuscus. 



Brown Thrush. See Harporhynchua rufus. 



Brown Towhee. See Pipilojusaus. 



Brown-headed Nuthatch. See Sitta pusiUa. 



Bubo yirginianus. Great Horned Owl. i., 26, 404 — Resident in New 

 England, breeding in February — P. B. ii., 11, 163 — i^everal heard in 

 the Lake Okeechobee region, Florida — Fred. A. Ober. iii., 4, 53 — 

 Not uncommon in Newfoundland; called there Cat Owl — M. Harvey, 

 iv., 24, 374 — A short account of this species; it sometimes hunts in 

 the daytime — J. H. Bi?tty. v., 17, 260— Found commonly in the 

 Black Hills by George Bird Grinnell in 1874 — Ernest IngersoU. vi., 4, 

 52 — Resident near New Haven. Conn.; rare at all times — "Specula- 

 tor (Robt. T. Morris), vi., 7, 100 — A few remain during the (ntire 

 year near Montpelier, Vt. — W. A. Briggs. vi., 8, 116 — Btgin to Jay 

 and sit on their eggs in Massachusetts, March 20 to 31 — J. A. Aikr. 

 vi., 10, 148— Common all the year at Fort Wayne, Ind — G. Aug. 

 Smith, vi., 12, 181 — Rather rare at all times uear Danvers, Mass. 

 — Arthur F. Gray, vi., 22, 854 — Common resident at Ann Arbor, 

 Mich.; eggs are laid from Feb. 14 to March 20— A. B. Covert, vii , 

 3, 36— -Resident in Central New York; not very common; breed here 

 — H. G. Fowler, viii., 7, 96 — Noticed on Clark's Island, Plymouth, 

 Mass., in 1852 — F. C. Browne, viii., 8, 113 — Common resident at 

 Webster, N. tl.— Chas. F. Goodhue viii., 13. 192— The only one 

 Been on the Coteau des Prairies, Dakota, was killed Sept 30, 1876 

 near Fort Sisseton — Chas. E. McChesney. viii, 15, 224 — Found in 

 Michigan — "Archer" (G. A. Stockwell). x., 9. 156 — Set of eg^s 

 taken March 15, 1878, at East Hampton, Conn.— W. W. Coe. xii.T 9, 

 165 — Breed at Chatham, N. J., every season — Harold Herrick. xii., 

 13, 245 — Common throughout the year in Nova Scotia — J. Matthew 

 Jones. 



Bacephalt^ alheola. Bufl3e-headed Duck, Butter Ball, Dipper, i., 13, 204 

 — Common in Florida — Eftitors. i., 26, 404 — Found in New En<jlan(i 

 in winter — F. B*. ii., 2, 22 — Mr. Geo A. B >ardman has an Albino of 

 this species — "Ornis" (Geo. Bird Grinnell). ii., 11, 167 — Abundant 

 at Elkhorn, Wis., Aprii 15, 1874. iii., 22, 340— Abundant in winter 

 and spring in Eastern Florida— Edit nr?. iv., 18, 285 — Abundant at 

 Elkhorn, Wis., between April 10 and 20 — "Greenhead." v.. 28, 411 — 

 Abundant at Columbia, S. C. in winter — ' Kuslicus." vi., 18, 284 — 

 Found in Nebraska — C. H. Phillips, vii., 6. 84— Rare in winter in 

 Cen'ral New York ; common in the spring and autumn — H. G. Fow- 

 ler, vii., 8, 116 — Very common during the migrations in Connecticut 

 — Robt. T. Morris, vii., 11, 164 — "Very common during the migra- 

 tions at Ann Arbor, Mich.; tliinks it breeds hero, as they are often 

 found in summer — A. B. Covert, vii., 14, 212— Cille'l "Dipper" or 

 "Dopi^er" by the gunners in Plymouth Bn, Mi-p. — F. C. Browne, 

 vii., 17, 266— Common at Salem, Mass., ^ov. 29, 1876— "Teal" (R. 

 L. Newcomb). vii., 18, 276— Called " Biiffle-head" or "Butter Ball"' 

 liy the gunners on the Conneci^icut coast — Roht. T. Morris, viii., 

 7,' 96— Noticed at Plymouth, Mass., in 1852— F. C. B;Owne. viii., 

 17, 261 — Arrives on the Coteau des Prairies. Dakota, April 9 anu 

 lemaius a few davs; arrives back Sept. 15 and departs Oct. 22; 

 abundant— Chas. e. McOhesney. viii., 23, 380— Found in Michigan 

 —"Archer" (G. A. Stockwel!). xii., 13, 245— Have shot it in Oregon 

 —Geo. A. Sturtevant. xii., 20, 386— Shot at Plymouth, Mass., Dec. 

 12, 1852— F. C. Browne. 



