EATON — BIRDS OF WESTERN NEW YORK. 6l 



337b. Buteo borealis calurus (Cass.) Western redtail. 



Western N. A. Has been taken at St. Thomas and Toronto, 

 Ont. 



353. Falco islandus Briinn. White gyrfalcon. 



Arctic regions ; wandering southward to Maine and Long 

 Island. 



354. Falco rusticolus Linn. Gray gyrfalcon. 

 Arctic regions ; straggling southward in winter. 



354a. Falco rusticolus gyrfalco (Linn.) Gyrfalcon. 



Arctic regions ; rarely south in winter to Massachusetts, Rhode 

 Island, Long Island. 



371. Nyctala tengmalmi richardsoni (Bonap. ) Richardson's 

 owl. 



Arctic America ; south in winter to northern U. S. Has been 

 taken in western Pa. 

 378. Speotyto cunicularia hypog"aea (Bonap. ) Burrowing owl. 



Western U. S. ; accidental in N. Y. and Mass. 

 393a. Dryobates villosus leucomelas (Bodd.) Northern hairy 

 woodpecker. 



Northern N. A. ; south to northern U. S. 

 401. Picoides^americanus Brehm. American three-toed wood- 

 pecker. 



Northern N. A. ; resident in Herkimer and Lewis Cos., N. Y. 

 443. Milvulus forficatus (Gmel. ) Scissor-tailed flycatcher. 



Accidental in New Jersey, New England, Ontario and Manitoba. 

 447. Tyrannus verticalis Say. Arkansas kingbird. 



Western U. S. ; accidental in Maine, New Jersey and New York. 

 475. Pica pica hudsonica (Sab.) American magpie. 



Indefinitely reported for western N. Y. by De Kay. The nearest 

 recent record, Odessa, Ont. — Auk 15, 274. 

 484. Perisoreus canandensis (Linn.) Canada jay. 



A common resident in Herkimer Co., but has not yet been noted 

 in the region included in this list. 



497. Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus (Bonap.) Yellow-headed 

 blackbird. 



Western N. A. ; casually east to Mass. , Penn. , etc. This bird 

 has been reported from Rochester, N. Y. , but the record is an error. 

 511. Quiscalus quiscula (Linn.) Purple grackle. 



Southern states north to Mass. and the Hudson Valley. Has not 

 yet been reported with certainty from western New York. 



