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49. Strix pratincola— American barn owl. 1909, Oct. 29, one shot 



near N. Bennington. 



50. Asio wilsonianus — American long-eared owl. 1909, Oct. 29, one 



shot in Bennington; 1911, Jan. 15, one shot in Shaftsbury. 



51. Asio accipitrinus — Short-eared owl. 1910, March 10, one shot in 



Bennington. 



52. Syrnium varium — Barred owl. 1905, one shot in Bennington and 



one was shot on the dates Jan. 3, 1910; Dec. 2, 1911, and Feb. 

 3, 1913— all in Bennington. 



53. Nyctala acadica — Saw-whet owl. Two were shot on the Vt. Sol- 



diers' Home grounds in Bennington in the summer of 1906, 

 and one was shot on Bald Mt. March 10, 1910. A fourth one 

 was heard in the village of Bennington during Sept., 1913. 



54. Megascops asio — Screech owl. A common resident. An unusual 



thing was noted in regard to this bird on June 4, 1912, and 

 that was one singing at 10:30 A. M. 



55. Bubo virginianus — Great horned owl. Common resident. One or 



more are shot nearly every year. 



56. Nyctea nyctea — Snowy owl. One shot in Bennington in 1903. 



Mounted. 



57. Surnia ulula caparoch — American hawk owl. One shot on Bald 



Mt. in 1903. Mounted. 



58. Coccyzus americanus — Yellow-billed cuckoo. Summer resident. 



Not seen every year — is very rare at the best. 



59. Coccyzus erythrophthalmus — Black-billed cuckoo. Summer resi- 



dent. Much more common than the preceding species, as sev- 

 eral are usually seen every year. 



60. Ceryle alcyon — Belted kingfisher. Common summer resident. Oc- 



casionally winters; remained during the winters of 1904-1905 

 and 1910-1911. 



61. Dryobates villosus — Hairy woodpecker. Resident — not common. 



62. Dryobates pubescens medianus — Downy woodpecker. Resident — 



very common. 



63. Sphyrapicus varius — Yellow-bellied sapsucker. Migrant although 



a few breed in the mountains. Feb. 4, 1912, a young adult was 

 found frozen to death still clinging to the side of a tree. 



64. Ceophloeus pileatus — Pileated woodpecker. Resident — rarely seen 



and then only in the mountains. A male shot in "Woodford 



