114 FAUNA OF NEW ENGLAND. 



RAPTORES. STRIGES. 



STRIGIDAE. 



R. I. Uncommon and irregular winter visitor. Nov. 3-Feb. 15. 

 CONN. Uncommon and irregular winter visitor. Oct. 17. 



217. SURNIA ULULA CAPAROCH (Muller) Stejneger. 

 American hawk owl; Day owl. 



Strix caparoch Mull., Linne' Vollstand. natursyst., suppl., 1776, 

 p. 69. "EUROPA." 



Surnia funerea Gmel. Audubon, Birds of Amer., 1840, vol. 1, 

 p. 112, pi. 27. Egg, Bendire, 1892, vol. 1, pi. 12, fig. 18. 



Open country or woods; nests in trees or rarely in cliffs. 



ME. Rare fall and winter visitor. Oct. 24-Mar. 10 (April 16, 

 1906, Van Buren). 



N. H. Rare fall and winter visitor. Oct. 25-(April 20, Con- 

 necticut Lakes). 



VT. Rare fall and winter visitor; (? summer in north). Nov. 

 2-winter. 



MASS. Rare fall and winter visitor. Nov. 16-Mar. 25. 



R. I. Rare winter visitor: West Greenwich, Nov. 16, 1906; 

 (also one doubtful record). 



CONN. Rare winter visitor: New Haven, Nov. 1869. 



218. SPEOTYTO CUNICULARIA HYPOGAEA (Bonaparte) Coues. 

 Burrowing owl. 



A. K. Fisher, Hawks and owls of U. S., 1893, p. 195, pi. 25. 

 Egg, Bendire, 1892, vol. 1, pi. 12, fig. 14. 



Strix hypogaea Bonap., Amer. ornith., 1825, vol. 1, p. 72, pi. 7, 

 fig. 2. "WESTERN AMERICAN TERRITORY/' 



Open prairie country; nests in old burrows of prairie-dogs and 

 spermophiles. 



MASS. Accidental visitor: Newburyport, May 5, 1875. 



