68 BIRDS OF MASSACHUSETTS 



local summer resident on Martha's Vineyard, Muskeget Island 

 prior to 1896, and Longmeadow, near Springfield. 



March 27 to November 20 ; Winter (four records, December 

 31, January i, February 12 and 23). 



Amherst :" Very rare. " Berkshire: " Two records." Bristol County : 

 "Rare transient visitant." Cambridge: Uncommon transient visitant. 

 Cohasset : "Not uncommon in October and November." Dedham : ''One 

 instance." Essex County : "Winter. Not abundant." Ipswich :" Rather 

 common winter visitant." Martha's Vineyard: Breeds. Springfield: 

 " Common spring and autumn visitant. During open winter a number 

 stay occasionally breeds- Wellesley : " Rare migrant." 



182. Bubo virginianus (Ginel.). GREAT HORNED OWL. 



An uncommon permanent resident along the coast, and not 

 uncommon in heavily wooded localities inland. 



Amherst: "Common resident." Berkshire: "Rare permanent resi- 

 dent." Bristol County : ''Uncommon permanent resident." Brookline : 

 *' Formerly a rare summer resident, now uncommonly met with in win- 

 ter." Cambridge: "Occasional at all seasons." Cohasset: "Occasion- 

 ally seen, usually in winter." Dedham : " Not rare." Breeds. Essex 

 County: "Resident. Not abundant." Springfield: "Common resi- 

 dent." Templeton :" Common resident." Wellesley: " Not very un- 

 common resident." 



183. Bubo virginianus subarcticus (Hoy). WESTERN 

 HORNED OWL. 



Accidental from the west. There is but one record : Waltham, 

 a typical female specimen was taken by Mr. C. J. Maynard, and 

 is now in the mounted collection of the Museum of Compara- 

 tive Zoology 1 (No. 8336): 



184. Nyctea nyctea (Linn.). SNOWY OWL. 



An irregular, but sometimes not uncommon visitant, particularly 

 along the coast. An unusual flight occurred in the winter of 

 1876-77* 



(October 12) October 28 to April 15 (May 20). 



1 Morse ; Birds of Wellesley, 1897, p. 23. 



* Deane; Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, Vol. II, No. i, Jan,. 1877, PP- 9-'i- 



