260 COUES, BIEDS OF NEW ENGLAND. 



Syrnium cinereum And. — Great Gray Owl. A rare 

 winter visitant. Found in winter throughout New Eng- 

 land ; but probably to be regarded as only a straggler to 

 its more southern portions. None have been observed to 

 breed in New England. 



No. 31. Salem, Essex Co. F. W. Putnam, Winter of 1866-7. 

 No. 34. Wenham, Essex Co. James Bartlett, Feb. 1859. 



Sprnium nebulosum Gra J . — Barred Owl. Abundant. 



Resident in all portions of New England. 



No. 26, $, adult. Essex Co. James Biifflnston, Nov. 27, 1854. 

 No. 190. Salem, Essex Co. E. S. Waters, Nov. 10, 1866. 



Itubo Virginianus Bon. — Great Horned Owl. Com- 

 mon. Resident. 



The Strix "^arctica Richardson," enumerated as a bird 

 of Massachusetts (Peab., p. 276, and Putn., p. 226) on 

 the authority of Mr. Nuttall, undonljtedly refers to this 

 species in the albescent state of plumage, which consti- 

 tutes Mr. Cassin's B. Virginianus var. arcticus. The 

 ^^ Strix scandiaca Linn.," of Linsley's list (p. 253) in all 

 probability was also based upon the same variety of Vir- 

 ginianus. 



■ No. 33, $. Essex Co. T. Ropes, Oct. 1849. 

 No. 32, ?. Lymi, Essex Co. J. Saul, Feb. 28, 1864. 



Scops asio Bon. — Mottled Owl. Red Owl. Screech 



Owl. Abundant everywhere. Resident. 



No. 27, $. (Grey plumage.) Essex Co. H. P. Ives, Nov. 1854. 

 No. 28. (Red plumage.) Essex Co. S. Jillson, 1858. 



JVj/ctah A.cadica J^on. — Acadian Owl. Common; es- 

 pecially in more northern sections of the country. Res- 

 ident. 



No. 29, $. Essex Co. S. Jillson, 1858. 

 No. 30, $. " " " " " 



JSTydcde Rich ardsoni Bon . ■ — Richardson's Owl . ( " UIu- 

 la Te7^(/w^«?«^^" Audubon, and earlier authors.) Not abun- 

 dant. Chiefly a winter visitant, and rare as far south as 

 Massachusetts. It is probably resident in the north of 

 Maine ; though not, I believe, actually observed to breed. 

 There are repeated instances of its occurrence in winter 

 iu the southernmost New England States. 



Nyctale cdbifrons Cassin. — Kirtland's Owl. I have 



