490 BULLETIN UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY. fFoLV. 



STEIGID^. 



Strix flAjVCVIEA AiiERiCANA. Bam Owl. — ^Rather rare resident. 



Bubo vieginianus. Great Horned Owl. — Common resident ; breeds ; 

 two varieties taken. 



Scops asio. Screech Owl. — Common resident ; breeds. 



Otus vulgaris wilsonianus. Long-eared Owl. — Common resident; 

 breeds. 



Brachtotus palustris. Sliort-eared Owl. — Eesident ; breeds. 



Syrnium cinereum. Great Gray Owl. — Eather rare resident ; prob- 

 ably breeds. 



Syrnium nebulosum. Barred Owl. — ^Very common resident; breeds. 



Nyctea nivea. Snoivy Owl. — Eattier common winter resident, soutli 

 to the southern boundary of the State ; probably breeds. 



SuRNiA ULULA HUDSONiCA. Eare winter visitor. 



Nyctale acadica. Acadian Owl. — Eather common in some local- 

 ities; breeds. 



FALCOKID^. 



Circus cyaneus hudsonius. Marsh Harrier. — Abundant summer 

 resident; breeds. 



ICTINIA SUBCCERULEA (Bartr.). Mississippi Kite. — Eecorded on the 

 authority of a single specimen taken in Cass County ; preserved. 



Elanus glaucus (Bartr.). Black-shouldered Kite. — A rare summer 

 resident, according to Dr. H. A. Atkins. 



Elanoides forficatus. Swallow-tailed Kite. — Placed in the list of 

 Michigan birds by Hon. D. D. Hughes, Ornithology of Michigan, MSS. 



AcciPiTER FUSCUS. Sharp-shinned Hawk. — Common summer resi- 

 dient; breeds. 



ACCIPITER cooPERi. Cooper^s Hawk. — ^Very abundant summer resi- 

 dent; breeds. 



AsTUR ATRiCAPELLUS. Goshawk. — IrregnlsbT visitant; more fre- 

 quently taken in winter; more common in northern part of the State, 

 where it probably breeds. 



Ealco sacer. Jerfalcon. — Said to have been taken in the State in 

 winter. 



Ealco communis. Buck Hawk. — Irregular visitor ; several taken. 



Ealco columbarius. Pigeon Hawk. — l!f ot a common species ; breeds. 



Ealco sparverius. Sparrow Hawk. — Abundant summer resident ; 

 a generally distributed species ; breeds. 



BuTEO BOEEALis. Rcd-tailed Buzzard. — Very common from March 

 to November ; resident some seasons ; breeds plentifully. 



BuTEO LiNEATUS. Eed-shouldered Buzzard. — Common summer so- 

 journer ; breeds ; resident in some localities. 



BuTEO SWAINSONI. Swainson's Buzzard. — Placed in this list on the 

 authority of a specimen taken in Genesee County, Lat. 43°, now in the 

 Elint Scientific Institute. 



