GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF THE TEliKITORIES. 

 Melancrpes torquatus, Bonap., (Lewis's woodpecker:) 



695 



Hab. — Western Ainerica, from Black Hills to Pacific. 



Nortli, or Henry's Fork of Suake Kiver, is the only locality ou our 

 route where tliis species was met v/ith; here, ou the 17th of July, they 

 were quite commou, and very shy, aud I pursued them for several hours 

 before obtaining a specimen. On the 18th, however, they were still 

 more numerous, and I secured two specimens without much difficulty. 



Cola])ies mexicamis, Sw., (red-shafted flicker:) 



Eab. — Western jSTorth America, from Black Hills to Pacific. 



This Avesteru representative of C. auratus was met with at iSTorth 

 Fork, Teton Caiion, and Snake River, but was not abundant at either 

 of these places. At Lewis's Lake, however, they were quite numerous ; 

 there, on the 13th of September, 1 counted twenty-seven in one flock. 



Order 4.— RAPTORES, BIRDS OF PREY. 

 Family 40. — Steigid^, the Owls. 

 Otus wilsonianus^ Lesson, (long-eared owl :) 



Hah. — The whole of temperate North Xmerica. 



1 shot this specimen of the long-eared owl as it was sitting in a willow, 

 directly under its nest, which'was made of sticks about three-eighths of 

 an inch in diameter; it was about one foot deep and two feet in diame- 

 ter; the nest was empty, the young having probably flown away. 



