ANNOTATED LIST OF SPECIES 7 1 



189. Cryptoglaux acadica (Gmel.) . ACADIAN OWL. 



An irregular, uncommon winter visitant, and rare local summer 

 resident. It has been found to breed at Braintree, Dunstable, 

 Pleasant Lake on Cape Cod, Plymouth County, Tyngsboro, Ware- 

 ham and Winchester.* 



Amherst : One instance, October. Berkshire: "Rare, chiefly as a win- 

 ter visitant. A few without doubt breed." Bristol County : " Rare, and 

 irregular winter visitor." Brookline : " Uncommon winter visitant." 

 Cambridge: Not uncommon winter visitant. Dedham : "Rare." 

 Essex County : " Resident. Rare." Springfield : " Rather uncommon 

 winter visitor; probably breeds here occasional! v." Templeton : " Rare 

 winter visitor." Wellesley : " Scarce fall and winter visitant, .... per- 

 haps rarely resident. 



190. Surnia ulula caparoch .(Miill.). AMERICAN HAWK 

 OWL. 



A very rare and irregular winter visitant from the north. The 

 records are : Williamstown, one taken prior to 1858 ; 1 Framing- 

 ham, one taken, January 1860 ; 2 Natick, one shot about 1862 : 3 

 Roxbury, one taken in 1867 ; 3 Westfield, five in the autumn of 

 1867 ; 3 Chatham, one in the winter of i883~'84 ; 4 Hadley, two 

 taken in March, 1884 ; 5 Lynn, one shot prior to 1885 ; 6 Middle- 

 boro, one taken on November 29, 1886 ; 7 Winchendon, three shot 

 in the winter of i886-'87, and one in winter of i887~'88 ; 8 Sand- 

 wich, one taken March 25, 1890 ; 9 Northampton, one shot prior 

 to 1 90 1. 10 



191. Speotyto cunicularia hypogaea (Bonap,). BURROW- 

 ING OWL. 



Accidental from the west. There is but one record : New- 



*Bre\vster; Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, Vol. VI, No. 3, July, 1881, pp. 143-145, 

 and ibid., Vol. II, No. i, Jan., 1882, pp. 22-25. 



1 Chadbourne, Birds of Williamstown, 1888, p. 357. 



2 Browne; Auk, Vol. II, No. 2, Apr., 1885, p. 220. 



3 Allen ; Amer. Nat., Vol. Ill, No. n, Jan. 1870, p. 569, p. 16 of separate. 



4 Allen; Auk, Vol. II, No. 4, Oct., 1885, p. 383. 

 5 Clark; Birds of Amherst, 1887, p. 48. 



6 W[ebster] ; O. & O. Vol. X, No. 2, Feb., 1885, p. 32. 



'Editor; O. & O., Vol. XIII, No. 12, Dec., 1888, p. 191. 



8 Brewster; Auk, Vol. V, No. 4, Oct. 1888, p. 390. 



9 Frazar; Forest & Stream, Vol. XXXIV, No. 14, Apr. 24, 1890, p. 268. 



10 Morris; Birds of Springfield, 1901, p. 22. 



