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which had been left furnished only a thin standing of timber. 

 The other record, is of a bird heard calling several times at mid- 

 day on the back or eastern slope of Boy Mountain on September 

 4, 1910, at an elevation of about 2200 feet. 



Mr. Marble informs me that in recent years Mr. N. C. Brown 

 and himself have frequently heard a Great Horned Owl calling 

 in the evening from the woodland on the east side of the Craw- 

 ford House in the months of August and September. 



66. Nyctea nyctea. Snowy Owi.. 



A winter visitant. Mr. Spaulding states that he has seen 

 and shot Snowy Owls on a number of occasions. His latest 

 record is of a bird in his collection, which was taken on Decem- 

 ber I, 1905. 



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67. Surnia ulula caparoch. Hawk Owl. 



Mr. Spaulding furnishes one record, that of a bird he shot 

 on November 19, 1884. This was the year of the very unusual 

 flight of Hawk Owls in northern New England when "four 

 were secured by Mr. William Brewster at Lake Umbagog on the 

 dates October 25, October 31, November 15, and November 16, 

 respectively ; and at Colebrook Mr. Ned Norton found them 

 common, writing under date of December i, ' Hawk Owls came 

 three weeks ago in greater numbers than ever before. Farmer's 

 sons have been killing them all over the country.' " [A//e?i's 

 Birds of New Hamp shire. ~\ 



68. Coccyzus americanus americanus. Yellow- 



BiLivED Cuckoo. 

 The one occurrence of this species by my own observation 

 was at the boundary line of New Hampshire close by the Con- 

 necticut River on the Vermont side in Guildhall, opposite Ivan- 

 caster. But as the river for its entire width belongs to the State 

 of New Hampshire, it is not improbable that this bird came into 

 New Hampshire air, if not on to New Hampshire soil. The 

 occurrence was on September 18, 1899. The bird was clearly 



