36 NATURAL HISTORY AND TOPOGRAPHY OF GROTON, MASS. 



American Sparrow Hawk. Falco sparverius. Summer resident ; 

 also in January and November. Our fields. 



American Osprey. Fish Hawk. Pandion haliaeetus carolinensis. 

 Transient visitant; often a summer resident, April 10 to September. 

 Often seen fishing over the ponds and rivers. 



Long-Eared Owl. Asio wilsonianus. Rare permanent resident. 

 Mr. James Lawrence's woods. 



Saw-Whet Owl. Acadian Owl. Nyctala acadica. Winter visitant. 

 Mr. James Lawrence's woods. 



Screech Owl. Megascops asio. Common permanent resident. 

 Old trees everywhere. 



Great Horned Owl. Bubo virginianus. Quite common perma- 

 nent resident. Woods by Nashua River. 



American Hawk Owl. Surnia ulula caparoch. Rare. Accidental 

 visitant. December 20, 1904. 



Yellow-Billed Cuckoo. Coccyzus americanus. Common summer 

 resident, May 8 to August. Thickets. 



Black-Billed Cuckoo. Coccyzus erythrophthalmus. Cortimon sum- 

 mer resident, May 7 to September. Thickets. 



Belted Kingfisher. Ceryle alcyon. Common summer resident, 

 April 20 to October. Nashua River, Ponds and streams. 



Hairy Woodpecker. Dryobates villosus. Rare permanent resi- 

 dent. Balm of Gilead trees near Red Bridge. 



Downy Woodpecker. Dryobates pubescens. Common permanent 

 resident. Holes in birch trees, etc. 



Yellow-Bellied Sapsucker. Sphyrapicus varius. Transient visitant, 

 April and October. Our elm. 



Pileated Woodpecker. Ceophloeus pileatus. Extremely rare. Seen 

 by Mr. Frank D. Lewis on Chicopee Row, May, 1903. Also one 

 by Mr. William P. Wharton, near the Red Bridge in 19 10. I saw 

 one in June, 1905. 



Red-Headed Woodpecker. Melanerpes erythrocephalus. Formerly 

 common, very rare now. October 7, 1904, I saw one at the foot of 

 Long Hill. 



Flicker. High-Hole. Yellow Hammer. Golden-Winged Wood- 

 pecker. Colaptes auratus. Common summer resident, March to 

 November. Everywhere. Our largest common woodpecker. 



Whip-poor-will. Antrostomus vociferus. Common summer resi- 

 dent, April 21 to September. Rockwood's pasture. 



Nighthawk. Bull-Bat. Chordeiles virginianus. Common summer 

 resident, April 20 to September, 



