THE O. & O. SEMI-ANNUAL. 
Circus hudsonius. Marsh Hawk.—Tolerably common. 
Accipiter velox. Sharp-shinned Hawk.—Tolerably common. 
Accipiter coopert. Cooper’s Hawk.—Tolerably common. 
Buteo borealis. Red-tailed Hawk.—Rather rare. This 
and the preceding are the only Hawks I have detected 
eating chickens. 
Buteo lineatus. Red-shouldered Hawk.—Rather common, 
apparently quite harmless to birds and chickens. 
Falco sparverius. Sparrow Hawk.—Common. 
Asio accipitrinus. Short-eared Owl.—Occasional in winter. 
Syrnium nebulosum. Barred Owl.—Common. This is the 
common large Owl of this region. 
Megascops asto. Screech Owl.—Common. 
Bubo virginianus. Great Horned Owl.—Quite rare. 
Ceryle alcyon. Belted Kingfisher.—Rather rare in winter. 
Dryobates villosus audubonit. Southern Hairy Wood- 
pecker.—Not common; usually one of the shyest and 
most difficult to approach of the Woodpeckers. 
Dryobates pubescens. Downy Woodpecker.—Common. 
Sphyrapicus varius. Yellow-bellied Sapsucker.—Com- 
monest of our Woodpeckers, except the Flicker, and the 
easiest to collect. Feeds almost entirely on berries. 
Cophleus pileatus. Pileated Woodpecker.—The Logcock 
is quite rare here ; but they seem to linger on and I have 
seen them within half a mile of the city within a year. 
Melaner pes erythrocephalus. Red-headed Woodpecker.— | 
Rare in this immediate locality in winter. 
Melaner pes carolinus. Red-bellied Woodpecker.—Rare. 
Colaptes auratus. Flicker.—Our commonest Woodpecker. 
Sayornis phoebe. Pheebe. 
Rather common here in winter. 
Otocoris alpestris. Horned Lark.—Irregular winter visitor ; » 
usually rather rare, sometimes very common as in winter 
of 1886-7. 
Cyanocitta cristata. Blue Jay—Common. Its distribution 
here depends on the crop of acorns, beech-nuts, etc. 
Corvus americanus. American Crow.—Common. 
Molothrus ater. Cowbird.—Common transient; rare in 
winter. 
Agelains phoeniceus. Red-winged Blackbird.—Usually 
