580 CATALOGUE OF THE HIRDS OK l\ E. ISLAND. MACSWAIN. 



102 (373). Megascops as io (hmn.). Screech Owl. I have 

 seen one only. 



103 (375). Bubo virginianus (^Gniel.). Great Horned 

 Owl. — This and S. nebidosmn are our commonest owls. Breeds. 



104 (375rt). Bilbo virginianus subarcticus (Hoy). 

 Western Horned Owl. — One, the only one I have seen, was 

 brought to Calder to be stufted in February, 1906. 



105 (376). Nydea nyctea (Linn.). Snowy Owl. — An ir- 

 regular winter visitor. A great many were noted in the winter 

 of 1905-6. 



106 (377rt). Sarnia idida capdvoch (Mull.). American 

 Hawk Owl. — Rare. There are two mounted specimens in 

 the Provincial Building. 



Order COCCYGES. 



Family CUCULTU^. 



107 (387). Coccyziis americaniis (Linn.). Yellow-billed 

 Cuckoo. — One was shot by Bryenton at Brackley Point. It is 

 now in the museum of the Natural History Society, Charlotte- 

 town. 



108 (388). Coccyzas erythropJdIudinus (Wils.). Black- 

 billed Cuckoo. — Rare. 



Family ALCEDINID.E. 



109 (390). Cevyle alcyon (Linn.). Belted Kingfisher. — 

 A conniion summer resident. Breeds, making its tunnelled 

 nests in river banks. 



Order PICI. 



Family PICID.3<:. 



110 (393(^). Dryobates villosusleucomelas (Bodd.). North- 

 ern Hairy Woodpecker. — Resident summer and winter. Breeds. 



111 (394). Dryobates pubescens medianus (Swains.). 

 Downy Woodpecker. — Commoner than the Hairy Woodpecker. 

 Seen at all times in the year. Bi'eeds. 



