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PICIDtE.— Woodpeckers. 

 Genus Prcus, Linnaeus. 



26. P. qneruhis, Wils. Red-cockailecl Woodpecker. — E. and S. A species 

 partial, if" not peculiar, to pine woods, and therefore likely to be found 

 in the extreme southern part of the state. 



Genus Picoides, Lacepede. 



27. P. tfidactylus americaniis (Brehm) Ridgw. Handed Three-toed 

 Woodpecker. — N. Probably a rare winter visitant to the extreme northern part 

 of the state. 



STRIGIDyE.-Owls. 



Genus Nyctalk, Brehm. 



28. X. tenfjmaJmi richtrdsom (Bp.) Ridjjw. Richardson's Owl. — N. Prob- 

 ably a rare winter visitant to extreme northern counties. Has been obtained in 

 Wisconsin by Dr. Hoy (.AV/e Coues, Birds Northwest, p. ol4), while Mr. Allen 

 gives it as found in Iowa*. 



Genus Speotyto, Gloger. 



29. S. cioilcularia hjfpog(ea (Bp.) Ridgw. Bun-owing Owl. — W. A species 

 of the plains and open country, breeding regularly as far east as Fort Hays, 

 Kansas (Allen, Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool., III., 1872, 180; Snow, Catal. Birds Kan- 

 sas, 1872, 2). Has also been obtained in Eastern Massachusetts and near New 

 York city (references not at hand). 



FALCONID^E.— Hawks, etc. 

 Genus .Esalon, Kaup. 



30. .E. richnrdsoni, Ridgw. Richardson's Merlin — N. W. A species 

 occun-ing throughout the whole extent of the Great Plains, and therefore likely 

 to occur in any prairie district. Has been obtained in Kansas (spec, in U. S. 

 Nat. Mus.), and in Michigan. (F. cesaloii, Fox, — reference forgotten, and not 

 now accessible to the writer.) 



TETKAOKID^E. -Grouse. 



Genus Can.vce, Reicheubach. 



31. C. cnnitdenais (Linn ) Bp. Spruce Grouse. ^N. Possibly a rare winter 

 visitant to extreme northern portion. 



OHARADPJIDyE.— Plovers. 



Genus Podasocys, Coues. 



32. P. monfanus (Towns ) Coues. Mountain Plover. — W. Possibly oc- 

 curs on the dryer upland prairies. Has been obtained in Floiida (Maynard; 

 reference not at hand), and is a common species of the Great Plains west 

 of the Missouri river. 



Genus .Egialites, iJoie. 

 3^3. A'L melodus (Ord.) Bp. Piping Plover. — E. Although we are unable 

 to give authority for the occurrence in Illinois of the typical form of this species, 



*In his Catalogue of the Birds of Iowa, in White's Geol. Survey of Iowa. 



