1921 BIRDS OF MONTANA 71 



i;^9. Sumia ulula caparoch (Miiller) 



Hawk Owl 



A winter visitcir, mainly in tlic nortlnvcstem {)art of the state, with one 

 known oeeiiiTi'ni'e in sunuiier. Keeords: .Mailisou Rivei', AiieusI 11, ISTl^ (.Mer- 

 I'iaiii. lS7:i, [i. (ilKll : Siuiiiiiit, Teton County, Novomlier .^, IIU'-'. one seen (Sann- 

 iliTs, IDl-la, [). l:-!;-!!; Kalispell, not nncoiinnon in winter, si-veral inounleil each 

 year (Sloauaker. ^ISi. (Jne taki-n at liillings in the winter of lltl<l-17 ('fhonias, 

 .MS I. 



140. Speotyto cunicularia hypogaea (Bonaparte) 



HrRKowixd Owi; 

 A eonuiion periiianenf resident in the prairie region of tiie stale, pai'tieu- 

 hirl.v in the southeastern jiart. Also found m the Bitterroot X'alh'V, and nuiy 

 oeeur in other valle.vs witliin the mountains. Keeords are numerous in ('uster 

 Count.v and vieinit.v, lint less so northward and westward. Tin' noi-thernmost 

 I'eeoixis are Frtnieliman's Kivei-. .lul.v D. Is74. and Sweet Grass Hills. Angusl :1. 

 lS7i (Cones. 18741), \>. fili)). The more western records in the [irairie region 

 ai-e from Fort Benton. Septemher "Jd, 1S53 (Baird, 1858. j). (iD), Fergus County 

 (Sillowa.y, 1903a. p. :J5). and Billings (Thomas. :\ISi. In the Bitterroot Valley 

 a specimen was taken at C'orvallis, April 15. 11)11. and one was seen ^Fay 4. IDll! 

 (Bailey, ;\IS). At Billings it is believed to be summer resident only. 



141. Glaucidium gnoma pinicola Nelson 



K()C;KY Mol'NTAlN PY(iMV OWL 



A permanent resident of the mountains in the western liaU' of the state. 

 There is one reeord in the eastern half, and the bird ma.v oeeur rai-el,\- through- 

 out the state. It probably oeeui-.s in all the mountain ranges, but it has not been 

 reported from the more eastern ones, hi most places it is reported as rare, but 

 I believe that it is merely overlooked, and that on the whole it is the eonnnonest 

 owl in the mountains. The easternmost I'eeords of this owl are as follows: 

 Tongue River, one bird, January 4, 1805 (Cameron, 1907, p. 209) ; Gold Run. 

 April 14, 1882 (Williams, 1883, p. 59); Gallatin County (Saunders, 19na, p. 

 37) : and Teton, and Lewis and (Tark counties (Saunders, 1914a, p. 133). 



Th(^ only definite knowledge of the nesting of this species in the state is 

 the reeord of a nest and newly hatched young found on Bridger Creek. Gallatin 

 County, by Mr. Thomas in June, 1909 (Saunders, 1911a. p. 37). 



142. Coccyzus erythrophthalmus (Wilson) 



r:5l,A(;K-BIIjLED CrCKOO 



A sunnner resident of eastern Montana. On the Upper i\Iissouri as far as 

 Wolf Point (Grinnell. 187(5, p. 648). A cuckoo si'eu in the Yellowstone Valley 

 was probably of this species (Allen, 1874, p. (13). Pryor's Fork of the Yellow- 

 stone, also breeding on Little Horn River and at Fort Cnstei', June 25, 1885 

 (Bendire, 1895. pji. 27 and 30). A rare suiiniii'r resident of Custer antl D.nwson 



