BIRDS OF NORTH DAKOTA 19 



119372. Acadian Owl or Sawwhet. Xyctala acadica, 



Rare. Taken in winter only. 



120 375a. Western Horned Owl. Bubo \irginianus subarcticus. 



Common. Resident of Turtle Mountains. Breeds. Nests found with eggs 

 in February and March. 



121376. Snowy Owl. Nyctea nyctea. 



Common winter resident and migrant. Seen here from October to May. 

 (One seen at Rock Lake July, 1910.) 



122 377a. American Hawk Owl. Surnia ulula caparoch. 



Rare. One specimen taken in fall 1902. 



123 378. Burrowing Owl. Speotyto cunicularia hypogaea. 



Common summer resident. Breeding. More commonly seen late summer 

 than at other times. They are apparently migrating at that time. 



124 387. Yellow-billed Cuckoo. Coccyzus americauus. 



E. S. Bryant claims to have taken this species at Freshwater lakes. 



125388. Black-billed Cuckoo. Coccyzus erythrophthalmus. 



Tolerably common summer resident in Turtle Mountains. Seldom seen 

 while migrating. 



126390. Belted Kingfisher. Ceryle alcjon. 



Tolerably common migrant. Rarely found nesting. 



127 393a. Northern Hairy Woodpecker. Dryobates villosus leucomelas. 



Tolerably common resident Turtle Mountains. Migrant over prairies. 

 Breeds. 



128 394. Downy Woodpecker. Dryobates pubescens. 



Common summer resident Turtle Mountains. Migratory only through 

 prairie regions stopping to feed occasionally around buildings and fences. 

 First seen middle of May. 



129400. Arctic Three-toed Woodpecker. Piccides arcticns. 



Rare. Bryant collected one spring 1894. 



130402. Yellow-bellied Sapsucker. Sphyrapicus yarius. 



Summer resident of Turtle Mountains. Most common species of the wood- 

 pecker family. Breeds. 



131 406. Red-headed Woodpecker. Melanerpes erythrocephalus. 



Rare. A straggler from the Red River flight. 



132412. Flicker. Colaptes auratus. 



Common summer resident Turtle Mountains. Breeds. Migratory only 

 across prairies. 



133417. Whip-poor will. Antrostomus \ociferus. 



Admitted on testimony of Mr. T. W. Conyers who told me that he both 

 saw and heard the bird; was on his yard fence in Cando. Rare. Mr. Seton 

 Thompson in his Birds of the Northwest, gives this species as common in the 

 Long River Gorge. This is just north of the Turtle Mountains. No records 

 of its being seen or heard in the Turtle Mountains. 



134-^120. Sighthawk. Chordeiles \irginianus. 



Common summer resident. Breeds. 



