70 BIRDS OF MAINE. 



general occuiTeuce throughout the state, it is apt to be found iu 

 greater numbers along the coast. 



County Eecords. — Androscoggiu, "rare winter visitor" (Johnson) ; 

 Cumberland, "rare" (Mead) ; Franklin, "rare \\ inter visitor" (Swain) 

 Hancock, "rare" (Dorr) ; Kennebec, "very rare" (Powers) ; Knox, 

 "winter" (Rackliff) ; Oxford, "very rare" (Nash) ; Penobscot, "rare, 

 one seen in January, 1895" (Knight) ; Piscataquis, "rare winter visitor" 

 ("Homer) ; Sagadahoc, "irregularly common winter visitor" (Spinney) ; 

 Washington, "uncertain, some winters common" (Boardmau) ; York, 

 (Adams). 



Genus SURNIA Dumeril. 



172. (377a). Surnia ulula caparoch (MiilL). American 

 Hawk Owl. 



Occurs as an irregularly common winter visitor of quite general 

 distribution. 



County Records. — Androscoggin, "rare winter visitor" (Johnson) ; 

 Aroostook, "occurs at Houlton" (Cf. Brewer, Bull. Xutt. Oru. Club, 

 Vol. 2, p. 78) ; Cumberland, "rare" (Mead) ; Franklin, "rare" (Rich- 

 ards) ; Hnncock, "rare" (Dorr) ; Kennebec, "very rare" (Royal) ; Knox, 

 "migrant" (Rackliff) ; Oxford, "rare" (Xash) ; Penobscot, "quite com- 

 mon some seasons in late fall and winter" (Knight) ; Piscataquis, "some 

 winters common" (Homer) ; Washington, "some winters common" 

 (Boardman). 



Order COCCYGES. Cuckoos, etc. 



Suborder CUCULI. Cuckoos, etc. 



Family CUCULID.E. Cuckoos, Auis, etc. 



Subfamily COCCYGIN^. American Cuckoos. 

 Genus COCCYZUS Vieillot. 



173. (387). Coccyzus americanus (Li)n}.). Yellow-billed 

 Cuckoo. 



A very rare summer resident of those couuties within the Alle- 

 ghanian fauna, while elsewhere it must be ranked as accidental or 

 casual. 



'•ounty Records. — Androscoggin, "rare summer resident" (Stanton) ; 

 /umberland, "rare summer resident" (Brown's Cat. Birds of Portland, 

 p. 20) ; Hancock, "one taken at Bar Harbor by E. Gordon" (Smith) ; 

 Oxford, "visitant" (Xash) ; Washington, "accidental" (Boardman). 



174. (388). Coccyzus erythropthalmus (Wils.). Black- 

 billed Cuckoo. 



