BIRDS OF NELSON COUNTY. 57 



24. Scops asio. 



25. Bubo virginianus. 



26. Falco sparverius. 



27. Accipiter cooperi. 



28. Accipiter fuscus. 



29. Buteo lineatus. 



30. Cathartes aura. 



31. Zenaidura carolinensis. 



32. Meleagris gallopavo. 



33. Bonasa umbellus. 



34. Colinus virginianus. 



35. Oxyeclius vociferus. 



Irregular casual visitants. 



1. Sitta canadensis. 



2. Loxia curvirostra americana. 



3. Spinus pinus. 



4. Aluco flammeus pratincolus. 

 6. Nyctea nyctea. 



6. Asio accipitrinus. 



7. Halipetus leucocephalus. 



8. Pandion halisetus carolinensis. 



9. lonornis martinica. 



The following table gives the families represented here, 

 with the number of species contained in each one, in the 

 order of their numerical importance : 

 Q 1. Mniftiltidse— 34 species. 



* 2. Fringillidse— 26 species. 



3. TurdidsR— 10 species. 



4. Icteridae — 7 species. 



5. Tyrannidae— 7 species. 



6. Picidse— 7 species. 



7. Vireonidfe — 6 species. 



8. Falconidse — 6 species. 



