232 Merriam on Birds of the Adirondack Region. 



104. Picoides arcticns (Swainson) Gray. Black-backed Three- 

 toed Woodpecker. — Tolerably common resident, found in all parts of 

 the Adirondack?. 



105. Picoides tridactylus americanus (Brckni) Ridgway. Banded- 

 backed Three-toed Woodpecker. — A resident, like the last, but not 

 so common. 



106. Sphyrapicus varius 1 Linn. | Baird. Yellow-bellied Wood- 

 pecker. — Common summer resident, breeding in all sorts of places. 



107. Hylotonr.is pileatus ( Linn. I Baird. Pileated Woodpecker. 

 — A tolerablv common resident, and much more abundant now than it . 

 was ten years ago. 



108. Melanerpes erythrocephalus (/./'» v.) Swainson. Red-headed 

 \V< 'hum cker. — Not common but breeds about the borders of the wilder- 

 ness. 



109. Colaptes auratus {Linn. Swainson. Golden-winged Wood- 

 pecker. — Rare. 



110. Ceryle alcyon {Linn.) Bote. Belted Kingfisher. — Common 

 summer resident, breeding about the various lakes and rivers. 



in. Coccyzus americanus (Linn.) Bonaparte. Yellow -billed, 

 Cl *. KOO. — Breeds, but rare. 



1 12. Coccyzus erythrophthalmns (Wilson) Baird. Black-billed 

 Cuckoo. — Rather rare. Breeds about the borders of the woods, hut is far 

 from -common. 



113. Asio americanus ( S7< />/•. Sharpe. Long-eared Owl. — Breeds, 

 but not common. 



114. Strix nebulosa, Forster. Barred Owl. — A common resident, 

 usually breeding in huh- in tn 



115. Ulula cinerea ( G 'melin) Bonaparte. Great Gray Owl. — Rare. 

 1 saw a Great Gray Owl near Seventh Lake, in Hamilton County, late in 

 the fall of 1870; and skinned a specimen that was killed in north-eastern 

 Oneida County, April 10. 1^7^- Mr. Robert Lawrence has a female that 

 vvasshol in the Adirondacks (exact locality not stated) in March, 1S79.* 



116. Nyctale acadica (Gmelin) Bonaparte. Saw-whst Owl. — Tol- 

 erably common resident. 



117. Scops asio (Linn.) Bonaparte. Mottled Owl: Screech 

 Owl. — Breeds and is not rare. Don't think it winters here. 



118. Bubo virginianus t Gmelin) Bonapat te. Great Horned Owl. 

 — Common resident. 



119. Nyctea scandiaca (Linn. < Newton. Snowy Owl. — This hand- 

 some species is of irregular occurrence in the Adirondack region in 

 winter. 



120. Surnia f unerea (Linn.) Rich, and Swain. Hawk Owl. — Rare 

 and not known to breed. 



121. ^3salon eolumbarius (Linn.) Kaup. Pigeon Hawk. — Rather 

 rare, but doubtless breeds. 



*Bull. Nutt. Ornith. Club, Vol. II, No. 2, p. 122, April, 1870. 



