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GENUS NYCTEA STEPHENS. 

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



Snowy Owl. 



Winter visitor, generally rare. Probably occurs every winter in the northern 

 part of the State, but is irregular fouthward. Some years they are much more 

 numerous than others. The winter of 1886-7 they were found all over the State 

 in some numbers. In some localities several were taken. The winter of 1885-6 

 they were more numerous than usual. They seldom are seen in the lower White- 

 water Vf.lJey. 



GENUS SURNIA DUMERIL. 



143. Surnia ulula caparoch (Mull.). AMERICAN HAWK OWL. 



Rare winter visitor. The only record I know is that of Mr. E. R. Quick, who 

 identified it in Franklin County in January, 1878. 



ORDER PSITTACI. PARROTS; MACAWS; PAROQUETS ; ETC. 

 FAMILY PSITTACID^. 



GENUS CONURUS KUHL. 



: 144. Conurus carolinensis (l.inn.). CAROLINA PAROQUET. 



Formerly found throughout the greater part if not all the State. Have 

 been taken in Michigan ; and Ohio, near the mouth of Maumee, and up the Wa- 

 bash .almost to its head. They were much more numerous in the southern part of 

 the State. They were found in flocks of from six to a hundred individuals. Dr. 

 Raymond mentions them as "formerly very numerous along the Whitewater 

 river." (Proc. Phila. Acad., Nov. 1856, p. 293.) After some investigation 

 I have secured approximately the dates when they were last seen in different 



