508 HISTORY OP 



BIRDS OF LANCASTER COUNTY 



BY J. J. LIBHART. 



In arranging this catalogue, no particular classification has 

 been followed. The species are placed under the generic 

 names of the older Systematis, with the expectation of render- 

 ing it more satisfactory to the general reader. 



ORDER— ACCIPITRES—LixAEus. 



Carthartes aura, turkey buzzard. Falco peregrinus, wander- 

 ing falcon: F. spauverius, sparrow hawk. Halicetos leucoce- 

 phalus, bald eagle. Pandion halioetus, fish-hawk. Astur coo- 

 perii, Cooper's hawk. Buteo lagopus, rough-legged hawk: 

 B. buteoides, short winged hawk : B. leverianus, red-tailed 

 hawk. Circus uliginous, hen harrier. Surnia nyctea, snowy 

 owl: S. asio, red owl: S. noevia,* mottled owl. Bubo Virgin- 

 iana, great horned owl. Ulula otus, long eared owl: U. nebu- 

 losa, barred owl. Strix Americana, barn owl. 



ORDER— PASSERES—cuviER. 



Family — dentirostres — Cuv. 



Lanius exubitor, great American shrike. Muscicapa tyran- 

 nus, king-bird. M. crinita, crested fly catcher: M. atra, pewit 

 flycatcher: M. virens, wood pewee: M. acadica, small pewee. 

 Setophaga ruticcilla, red start: M. coerula, sylvan fly catcher. 

 Vireo flavifrons, yellow throated vireo: V. noveboracensis, 

 white eyed vireo : V. silvus, warbling vireo : V. olivaceus, 

 red-eyed vireo. Ictcria viridis, ycUow-brcasted chat. Sylvia 

 coronata, myrtle bird: S. petechia, red-poll warbler: S. Lutiva, 

 yellow warbler: S. pardalina, Canada warbler: S. macules, 



*We arc confirmed in the opinion, that Wilson was correct in making the 

 red and mottled owls distinct species. We possess an old female red owl 

 and its young, already fledged, possessing the same colors, shot from the 

 nest. Later authors, say the mottled individuals are the old and mature 

 birds, and the red ones the young. 



