170 MIGRANTS AND WINTER RESIDENTS 



under parts distinguish this from other Flycatchers. Length 

 S l /2 inches. May i to 30; August i to October i. Rather 

 common. 



Yellow-bellied Sapsucker: Sphyrapicus varius. 



Crown and throat deep scarlet. Upper parts black and 

 yellowish-white in irregular bars; a broad white line from 

 the bill outlines the scarlet throat-patch, and a narrow white 

 line passes through the eye; breast black; belly yellow; 

 much white on wings. Female paler and duller, without 

 scarlet patches. March and April; October. Occasional in 

 winter; common migrant. 



Pigeon Hawk: Falco columbarins. 



Upper parts slaty-blue, a broken rusty collar; indistinct 

 wing-bars; tail banded with gray or tawny, and tipped with 

 white; throat white; under parts tawny, heavily streaked 

 with dark brown. Length 10 inches. Not uncommon in 

 migrations. 



Short-eared Owl: Asia accipitrinus. 



General color tawny; upper parts variegated with dark 

 brown; tail barred broadly and evenly with dark brown; 

 under parts streaked with brown. Length 16 inches. Com- 

 mon winter visitant. 



Saw- whet Owl: Nyctala acadica. 



Upper parts cinnamon-brown, the back and wings spotted 

 with white; tail with three white bars. Length 7 l / 2 inches. 

 The smallest Owl in the Eastern States. A rare winter 

 visitant; October to March. 



Snowy Owl : Nyctea nyctca. 



White, more or less barred with brown. Length 2 feet. 

 Irregular; sometimes common in winter. 



