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Mottled Owl, Screech Owl, Scops asio. Bonap. Common. Resident. 

 Nests in hollow trees; eggs 3 or 4, laid in March or April. 



LoNG-KARED OwL, Oius wihonianus. Lesson. Not I'are. Resident. 

 Breeds ; nests in hollow trees and high pines ; eggs 2 to 4, laid in March or 

 April. 



Short-eared Owl, Brachyotus cassinii. Brewer. Not rare. Resident 

 in open Avinters. Probably breeds, as S2)ecimens are often shot in 

 summer. 



Great Gray Owl, Syrnimn cinerewn. And. Very rare, in winter. 



Barred Owl, Syrnium nehulosum. Gray. Common in some districts. 

 Resident. Probably breeds. 



Sparrow Owl, Nyciale richardsonii. Bonap. Rare. Occasional resi- 

 dent. Not known to breed. 



Saw-whet Owl, Nyctale acadlca. Bon. Rare. Occasionally resident. 

 Breeds. 



Snowy Owl, Nyctea nivea. Gray. Common. Winter visitor. 



Hawk Owl, Surnia idula. Bonap. »Very rare in winter. 



Yellow-billed Cuckoo, Coccygus americanus. Bonap. Common. 

 Summer visitor. Breeds ; nests in shrubs and bushes ; eggs 4 or 5 ; laid in 

 May. 



Black-billed Cuckoo, Coccygus erythrophthalmus. Bonap. Common. 

 Summer visitor. Breeds ; nests in bushes and low trees ; eggs 4 or 5 ; laid 

 in May. 



Hairy Woodpecker, Piciis viUosus. Linn. Common. Resident. 

 Breeds ; nests in excavations in trunks and limbs of trees ; eggs 4 to 6 ; laid 

 in May. 



Downy Woodpecker, Picus jmbescens. Linn. Common. Resident. 

 Breeds ; nests in excavations in trees ; eggs 4 to 6 ; laid in last week in April 

 or first of May. 



Black-backed, Three-toed, Woodpecker, Picoides arcticus. Gray. 

 Rare. Winter visitor. Not known to breed. 



Banded Three-toed, Woodpecker, Picoides hirsutus. Gray. Very 

 rare. Winter visitor. Not known to breed. 



Yellow-bellied Woodpecker, Sphyropicus varius. Baird. Not rare. 

 Summer visitor. Breeds ; nests in excavations in trees ; eggs 4 to 6 ; laid in 

 May. 



Black Woodcock, Pileated Woodpecker, Ilylotomus pileatus. Baird. 

 Not common. Resident. Breeds ; nests in hollow trees, and in excavations 

 made by the bird ; eggs 4 to 6 ; laid in May. 



Red-headed Woodpecker, Melanerpes erylhroceplialus. Sw. Not com- 

 mon. Summer visitor. Breeds ; nests in excavations in trees ; eggs 4 to 6 ; 

 laid in May or June. 



Golden-winged Woodpecker, Yellow-shafted Woodpecker. Colaptes 

 auratus. Sw. Common. Summer visitor. Resident in mild winters. 

 Breeds ; nests in excavations in trees ; eggs 4 to 6 ; laid in May. 



Ruby-throated Humming-bird, Trochilus colubris. Linn. Common. 

 Summer visitor. Breeds ; nests in trees ; eggs 2 ; laid in May or June. 



