80 BIRDS OF YARMOUTH AND VICINITY. ^ALLEN. 



dead outside the barn. The weather at the time 

 was severely cold. The bird proved to be the 

 above species. 



366. Asio wihonianus (Less.). Long-eared Owl. — Rare 



here. One observation only, Dec. 30, 1909. 



367. Asio flammsics (Pont.). Short-eared Owl. — ^Rare 



here. Mr. Doane, taxidermist here, says he has 

 not received more than two or three in twenty years. 



368. Strix varia varia Barton. Barred Owl. — I have 



found this to be the most common of our owls. 



372. C ry ptoglaux acadica acadica {Gm.21.). Saw-whet Owl. 

 — -I have never observed a live specimen of this 

 species, but one or two are taken in this vicinity 

 each winter. 



375. Bubo virginianus virginianus (Gmel.). Great Horned 



Owl. — Not uncommon inland. 



376. Nyctea nyctea (Linn.). Snowy Owl. — A few appear 



in this vicinitj^ each winter. Earliest recorded 

 date, Oct. 27. Unusually common in the winter 

 of 1902-3. In the fall of 1905 we received our share 

 of the great migratory wave of these owls that swept 

 down across the continent. 

 377a. Surnia alula caparoch (Mull.). Hawk OwL.^One 

 shot near Yarmouth, Oct. 26, 1905. The only 

 observation in the period covered by this paper. 



387. Coccyzus americanus amsricanus (Linn.). Yellow- 



billed Cuckoo. — -A specimen was taken alive and 

 sent to Yarmouth from Cape Sable Island, Oct. 8, 

 1913. 



388. Coccyzus erythrophthabnus (Wils.). Black-billed 



Cuckoo. — Decidedly uncommon here except in one 

 season, the summer of 1900, when they were rather 

 common. 



