BIRDS OF NORTH DAKOTA 19 



119 — 372. Acadian Owl or Sawwhet. JN'yctala acadica. 



Rare. Taken in winter only. 



120 — 375a. Western Horned Owl. Bubo virginianus subarctlcus. 



Common. Resident of Turtle Mountains. Breeds. Nests found with eggs 

 in February and March. 



121 — 376. Snowy Owl. Nyctea nyctea. 



Common winter resident and migrant. Seen here from October to May. 

 (One seen at Rock Lake July, 1910.) 



122 — 377a. American Hawk Owl. Sumia ulula caparoch. 



Rare. One specimen taken in fall 1902. 



123 — 378. Burrowing' Owl. Speotyto cunicularia liypogaea. 



Common summer resident. Breeding. More commonly seen late summer 

 than at other times. They are apparently migrating at that time. 



124 — 387. Yellow-billed Cuckoo. Coccyzus americanus. 



E. S. Bryant claims to have taken this species at Freshwater lakes. 



125 — 388. Black-billed Cuckoo. Coccyzus erythrophthaliuus. 



Tolerably common summer resident in Turtle Mountains. Seldom seen 

 while migrating. 



126—390. Belted Kingfislier. Ceryle alcjon. 



Tolerably common migrant. Rarely found nesting. 



127 — 393a. [Northern Hairy Woodpecker. Hryobates yillosus leucomelas. 



Tolerably common resident Turtle Mountains. Migrant over prairies. 

 Breeds. 



128 — 394. Downy Woodpecker. Hryobates pubescens. 



Common summer resident Turtle Mountains. Migratory only through 

 prairie regions stopping to feed occasionally around buildings and fences. 

 First seen middle of May. 



129 — 400. Arctic Three-toed Woodpecker. Piccides arcticus. 



Rare. Bryant collected one spring 1894. 



130 — 402. Yellow-bellied Sapsucker. Sphyrapicus yarius. 



Summer resident of Turtle Mountains. Most common species of the wood- 

 pecker family. Breeds. 



131 — 406. Hed-headed Woodpecker. Melanerpes erythrocephalus. 



Rare. A straggler from the Red River flight. 



132 — 412. Flicker. Colaptes auratus. 



Common summer resident Turtle Mountains. Breeds. Migratory only 

 across prairies. 



133 — 417. Whip-poor-will. Antrostomus >ociferus. 



Admitted on testimony of Mr. T. W. Conyers who told me that he both 

 saw and heard the bird; was on his yard fence in Cando. Rare. Mr. Seton 

 Thompson in his Birds of the Northwest, gives this species as common in the 

 Long River Gorge. This is just north of the Turtle Mountains. No records 

 of its being seen or heard in the Turtle Mountains. 



134 — 420. Jfighthawk. Chordeiles Tirginianus. 



Common summer resident. Breeds. 



