COUES, BIRDS or NEW ENGLAND. 261 



found no record of the occurrence of this species in New 

 England, but from its known range it is undoubtedly to 

 be found there, at least in winter, even if it does not re- 

 side permanently in the more northern portion. 



Nyctea nivea Gray. — Snowy Owl. Winter resident; 

 usually rare, but at irregular intervals not uncommon even 

 in the southern portions of New England. It sometimes 

 straggles even to South Carolina. 



No. 45, $. Salem, Essex Co. E. G. Svmonds, Jan. 1863. 



No. 35, ?. Beverly, Essex Co. Dr. C."^B. Haddock, Nov. 27, 1854. 



No. 299, adult. Wenham, Essex Co. John J. Gould, Apr. 9, 1868. 



Surnia ulula Bon. — Hawk Owl. Winter resident. 

 Of regular and rather common occurrence in Maine ; but 

 in more southern localities rare, and jDerhaps only acci- 

 dental. It extends however throuahout New Eno-land. 



Athene hypog^a Bon. — Prairie Owl. Burrowing 



Owl. 



No. 96. Colorado Mts., vrest of Denver Cit3^ From the Chicago 

 Academy of Science, 1864. 



CUCULIDiE. 



Coccygus Americanus Bon. — Yellow-billed Cuckoo. 

 Summer resident. Not abundant ; and in particular lo- 

 calities very rare. (Extremely rare, Springfield, Mass., 

 All., p. 52). The species extends northward into Canada. 

 (One specimen. Hamilton, C. W., McIL, p. 82.) 



No. 744, adult. Essex Co. 



Coccygus erythi^ophthahnus Bon . — Black- billed 

 Cuckoo. Summer resident. Common; being, according to 

 the testimony of all observers, much more numerous than 

 the preceding species, and, like it, extending into Canada. 



At Washington, D. C, Americanus is very abundant, 



and the present species comparatively rare. 



No. 745, adult. Essex Co. 



No. 746, adult. Salem, Essex Co. John S. Ives, June, 1859. 



PICID^. 



Ficus villosus Linn. — Hairy woodpecker. Resident. 

 Abundant in most localities. Ficus Phillij)sii Aud., 

 given by Putn., p. 229, is the young of this species. 



