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No. of specimens. 

 9. — Buteo (Poecilopternis) horealis, (Gmelin,) Vieill. Red- 

 tailed Hawk. Eastern North America; fur countries; 

 Cuba, Jamaica 3 



10. — Ardiihuteoferrugineus^ (Licht.) Gray. California Squir- 

 rel Hawk. Western North America 1 



11. — Circus hudsonius, (Linn.) Vieillot. Marsh Hawk. All 



of North America and Cuba 4 



12. — Bubo vlrginianus^ (Gmelin,) Bon. Great Horned Owl. 

 The whole of North America. Runs into varieties, 

 atlanticiis 2Mcificus, ardicus, magellanicus 1 



13. — Otus ^vUsonianns, Lesson. Long-Eared Owl. The whole 



of temperate North America 3 



14. — Brcvchyotus cassinii, Brewer. Short-Eared Owl. The 



whole of temperate North America; Greenland; Cuba 2 



15. — Syrrdum nebulosimi, (Forster,) Gray. Barred Owl. 



Eastern North America; Fort Tejon, Cal. 1 



16. — Athene hypugaea, Bonap. Burrowing Owl. From Mis- 

 sissippi river to the Rocky mountains 7 



17. — Conurus carolinensis, (Linn.) Kuhl. Parakeet. South- 

 ern and southwestern States, as far west as the Mis- 

 souri 12 



18. — Coccygus americamis, (Linn,) Bonap. Yellow-billed 



Cuckoo. Eastern United States to the Missouri plains 6 



19. — Coccygus erytliropWialmus, (Wils.) Bon. Black-billed 



Cuckoo. United States to the Missouri plains 6 



20. — Picus ( Trichopicus) viUosus^ Linn. Hairy "Woodpecker. 

 Northern and western regions; var. major, mediiis, 

 minor 6 



21. — Picus {Trichopicus) jjuhescens, Linn. Downy Wood- 

 pecker. Eastern United States, towards the eastern 

 slope of the Rocky mountains 3 



22. — Picoides dorscdis, Baird. Striped three-toed Wood- 

 pecker. Laramie peak. Rocky mountains 1 



23. — Sphyrapicus varius, (Linn.) Baird. Yellow-bellied 

 Woodpecker. Atlantic ocean to the eastern slopes of 

 Rocky mountains, Greenland 8 



24. — Sphyrapicus thyroideus, (Cass.) Baird. Brown-headed 

 Woodpecker. Cascade and coast range of California 

 and Oregon 1 



25. — Centurus carolinus, (Linn.) Bon. Red-bellied Wood- 

 pecker. North America, from Atlantic coast to the 

 eastern slope of the Rocky mountains 3 



26. — 3M€inerpes erythrocephalus, (Linn.) Sw. Red-headed 

 Woodpecker. North America, from the Atlantic to 

 the eastern slope of the Rocky mountains 9 



27. — Ilelanerpes torquatus, (Wils.) Bonap. Lewis' Wood- 

 pecker. Western America, from Black Hills to Pacific 6 



