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Common resident. Raises 1 brood. Eggs 2 or 3, white. 

 Nest in a hollow tree or in that of a hawk or crow. Eggs 

 laid in March. Feeds on birds and quadrupeds. Injurious. 

 A famous " hooter." 



65. Nyctea nyctea (Linn.). 

 SNOWY OWL. 



White, more or less marked with hrownish-bl aek. Length, 24 inches. 



Rare and irregular winter visitor, seldom seen in Amherst 

 but more frequent in the Hadley meadows. 



66. Surnia ulula caparoch (Mull.). 



HAWK OWL. 



Above, brown marked ■with white; beneath, white marked with brown. 

 Length, 15 inclies. 



Very rare winter visitor. Two instances ; one at Northamp- 

 ton and one in Hadley. The latter was in March, 1884, when 

 a pair were taken by Mr. Henry Moody. 



67. Coccyzus americanus (Linn.). 

 YELLOW-BILLED CUCKOO. 



Above, iridescent olive-brown; beneath, white; tail, broadly tipped with 

 white; no colored ring around eye; bill black and yellow. Length, 12 

 inches. 



Uncommon summer resident. Arrives late in May ; departs 

 in August or September. Raises 1, or perhaps 2 broods. A 

 nest with 2 fresh eggs was found July 2, 1884. Eggs 2-4, 

 pale blue. Nest of a few twigs, leaves and grasses, with oak 

 and willow catkins, loosely put togther in a low tree, often an 

 apple. Eggs laid in June. Feeds on insects, caterpillars, 

 berries, etc. Very beneficial. Note similar to that of a tree- 

 toad. 



