48 BIRDS OBSERVED NEAR PORTLAND, CONN. 



May 10 ; September 14 to November 30 ; one instance 



of breeding. 

 Semipalmated Sandpiper. Common Transient Visitant in 



fall, August to October 7. 



Killdeer. Accidental Visitant, not seen since April 5, 1875. 

 Semipalmated Plover. Transient Visitant, May 22 to June 



4 ; September. 



Bob-white. Common Permanent Resident. 

 Ruffed Grouse. Common Permanent Resident. 

 Mourning Dove. Common Summer Resident, March 19 to 



November 30 ; occasional in winter. 

 Red-shouldered Hawk. Common Permanent Resident ; 



less common in winter. 

 Red- tailed Hawk. Common Permanent Resident ; less 



common in winter. 

 Marsh Hawk. Tolerably common Summer Resident, April 



1 to November 2. 



Sparrow Hawk. Rather rare Permanent Resident. 

 Sharp-shinned Hawk. Common Summer Resident, March 



27 to October 29 ; a few winter. 

 Cooper's Hawk. Common Summer Resident, March 18 to 



October 15. 

 Bald Eagle. Of irregular occurrence, April, May, June, 



and December. 

 Osprey. Common Transient Visitant, April 5 to May 25 ; 



September 7 to October 18. 

 Short-eared Owl. Common Transient Visitant, April ; 



October 8 to December 7. 

 Long-eared Owl. Probably a Permanent Resident. Not 



uncommon in winter. 



Screech Owl. Common Permanent Resident. 

 Barred Owl. Rare Permanent Resident, sometimes com- 

 mon in October, November, and December. 

 Yellow-billed Cuckoo. Common Summer Resident, May 7 



to October 17. 

 Black-billed Cuckoo. Common Summer Resident, May 1 



to September 4. 



Kingfisher. Common Summer Resident, April 5 to No- 

 vember 22 ; casual in winter. 



