EATON BIRDS OF WESTERN NEW YORK. 3.7 



370. Scotiaptex cinerea (Gmel.) Great gray owl. 



Winter visitant; rare. Three records; Marcy and White Lake, 

 Oneida Co. , and Painted Post, Steuben Co. , all in February. R. & 

 B. p. 120. Auk 5, no; also 12, 301. 



372. Nyctala acadica (Gmel.) Saw-whet owl. 



Resident; rather rare in Western New York. "Not very uncom- 

 mon" in Oneida Co., where it breeds in deserted woodpeckers' holes, 

 March and April R. & B. p. 120, Also Auk 7, 230, Beneficial. 



373. Megascops asio (Linn.) Screech owl. 



Resident; common. Frequents woods, orchards and shade trees. 

 Nest often built near the house in a hollow tree; April i 25; eggs 4 

 -6. Mostly beneficial; food principally mice and insects, but destroys 

 some insectivorous birds, 



375. Bubo virginianus (Gmel.) Great horned owl. 



Resident ; common in wooded districts. By day it is found among 

 evergreens in swamps and rugged ravines. Nest, in an old hawk's or 

 crow's nest; Feb. 20 March 15; eggs 2-3. Injurious; destroys 

 poultry, grouse, rabbits, skunks, etc. 



376. Nyctea nyctea (Linn.) Snowy owl. 



Winter visitant ; occasional. Oct. 20 March. Some winters it 

 is common, e. g., 1876-77. 



3773. Surnia ulula caparoch (Mull.) American hawk owl. 



Winter visitant ; rare. Naples, two instances of its occurrence 

 Short p. ii. Onondaga Co., three records A. W. Perrior. Niagara 

 Co. , ' ' rare winter visitor ' ' Davison. Clark' s Mills, Oneida Co. , 1 885 

 R. & B. p. 122. Holly Auk 16, 195. Gorham, Nov., 1875 

 O. & O. 6, 13. 



Order PSITTACI. Parrots, etc. 

 Family PSITTACIDAE. Parrots. 



382. Conurus carolinensis (Linn.) Carolina paroquet. 



Now extinct in this region. Formerly, according to Audubon, 

 this species ranged as far north as the southern shore of Lake Ontario, 

 See also Auk, 1891, pp. 369-379. 



