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147. Surnia idula caparoch (Miiller). Hawk Owl. 



JuDD, 1917, p. 19; rare, one specimen taken in the fall of 1902. 



This species was seen only in collections. The Agricultural College 

 Museum has a mounted male taken at Joliette, Pembina County, October 24, 

 1912, by Mr. Williams. At Grafton, I saw one taken there December 10, 

 1908. Mr. Williams reports that he had seen them only during that winter, 

 when they were quite common. 



148. Spcotyto cunicularia hypogaea (Bonaparte). Burrowing Owl. 



Allen, 1875, P- 64; not numerous, met with at intervals in the prairie dog towns 

 from the Little Missouri westward. Hoffman, 1882, p. 402; rather common ten miles 

 cast of the village in the prairie dog town. Warren, 1890, p. 365; a specimen from 

 Fort Buford, taken September 29, 1887. Bailey, 1918, p. 176; was told that a bur- 

 rowing owl, here at the extreme eastern limit of its range, had nested in an old 

 badger hole at Sweetwater Lake, Ramsey County. 



The species ranges farther east than Bailey records. On July 24, 1921. 

 I saw two families of five and six young each in an old pasture north of 

 Grafton, Walsh County. They were living in old badger or ground squirrel 

 burrows. At that time they were able to fly well. On July 11, 1921, two 

 families with five and six young each, also able to fly, were observed about 

 fourteen miles west of Bottineau. None were noted near Medora, though 

 the habitat seemed very favorable for them. This owl is beneficial in habits 

 and should be protected. 



149. Conuropsis carolinensis (Linnaeus). Carolina Paroquet. 



Thwaites, 1906, p. 250; Maximilian mentions this species in a list of birds at 

 Fort Clark, 1833. In 1843 Audubon saw them in South Dakota near Fort Pierre. 



150. Coccycus americanus americanus (Linnaeus). Yellow-billed Cuckoo. 

 Allen, 1874, p. 63; several times observed along the Heart River. Judd, 1917, 



p. 19; E. S. Bryant claims to have taken this species at Freshwater Lake. Freeman. 

 1919, p. 13; rare, occurs the latter part of May or early June. 



This species was not seen, but it no doubt occurs rarely in the south 

 and eastern parts of the state, as it is noted as a common breeder in South 

 Dakota by Visher.^ 



On October 10, 192 1, Henry Williams, of Grafton, received a bird in 

 the flesh from Professor Miller, of Fargo. 



151. Coccysus erythrophtlialmus (Wilson). Black-billed Cuckoo. 



CouES, 1B78, p. 615; a nest in Pembina Mountains was. found July 12, 1873, which 

 contained a single young bird. Judd, 1917, p. 19; tolerably common suminer resident 

 in Turtle Mountains. 



A common summer resident about Devils Lake in 1920 and 1921, and 

 observed in the Turtle Mountains on August 7, 1900, and on June 4, 192 1. 

 It is a very beneficial bird, eating worms, caterpillars and other injurious 

 forms of insect life. 



"An Annotated List of the Birds of Sanborn County, South Dakota. Auk, Vol. 

 XXX, No. 4, October, 1913. 



