434 LIST OF BIRDS! 



179. Molothrus recoris. COWBIRD. Rare. Only two specimens 

 shot. July 7th, 1884. 



180. Sturnella magna. FIELD-LARK. Rather rare. Breeds. 

 April 19th, 1900, May 4th, 1902. 



181. Milvulus forficatus. SCISSOR-TAIL. Rare. Only speci- 

 men seen and shot. August 14th, 1894. 



182. Sayornis sayus. SAYS FLYCATCHER. Apparently rare. 

 October 19th, 1895. One specimen only. 



183. Trochilus colubris. RURY-THROATED HUMMING BIRD. 

 Rare. August 10th, 1885, July 16th, 1895. A few others seen. 



184. Coccyzus erythrophthalmus. BLACK-BILLED CUCKOO. Rare. 

 August llth, 1885. Only one other bird of this species seen 

 since. 



185. Scops asio. SCREECH OWL. Tolerably common. A very 

 noisy bird and easily attracted by a fire. Can bark, whistle and 

 yell and make the most unearthly sounds. Many a tender foot 

 has been frightened by its howls in the middle of the night. 

 Often shot specimens. One date, Nov. 9th, 1889. 



186. Syrnium cinereum. GREAT-GREY OWL. Not rare. Feb. 

 6th, 1889. March 10th, 1902. 



187. Accipiter cooperii. CHICKEN HAWK. Tolerably common. 

 May 12th, 1884, May 8th, 1885. 



188. Falco colombarius. PIGILON FALCON. Not common. May 

 21st, 1889, May 2nd, 1894. 



189. L^teo pennsylvanicus. BROAD- WINGED BUZZARD. Toler- 

 ably common. Seems to breed further north. Southern migra- 

 tions begins about end of September. October 8th, and 9th, 

 1884. 



190. Cathartes aura. TURKEY BUZZARD. Very rare. I know 

 of only one specimen which I identified. It was caught in a 

 steel bear trap by a hunter here August 27th, 1894. 



191. Lagopus l^ucurus. HITE-TAILBD PTARMIGAN. Appar- 

 ently a very rare bird here. I shot one on December 7th, 1894. 

 The bird was somewhat smaller than the ordinary willow ptar- 

 migan, but possibly an albino of the same? 



192. Philohela minor. WOODCOCK. Very rare. Shot the only 

 on I ever saw here on August 17th, 1886, after a very strong 

 gale of southwesterly winds. A year or two later I killed an- 

 other at Manicouagan, thirty miles west of here, some time in 

 September. 



