226 FAUNA OF NEW ENGLAND. 



Bushy woods ; nests on the ground, rarely in trees. 



N. H. — Introduced from England at Wolfboro in 18th century. 



Mass. — Unsuccessfully introduced in Berksh re Co. 



Phasianus torqtjatus Gmelin. 



Ring-necked pheasant; Denny pheasant; Ring pheasant. 



Gmel., Syst. nat., 1788, vol. 1, pt. 2, p. 742. Refers to Latham's Synop- 

 sis: " China .... ABOUT the Caspian Sea, . . . . Gkeat Tartar y, and in 

 THE SOUTH OF THE MONGOLIAN Desert." Ogilvie-Grant, Cat. birds 

 British mus., 1893, vol. 22, p. 332. Elliot, Monogr. Phasianidae, 1872, 

 vol. 2, pi. 5. 



Thickets ; nests on the ground. 



Vt. — Introduced successfully at Shelbume. 



Mass. — Introduced at Winchester and elsewhere, since 1894, and now 

 well established at many places, mainly in eastern part. 



Conn. — Successfully introduced (Fisher's Id.) . 



CoLUMBA DOMESTiCA Gmelin. 



Rock dove ; Domestic pigeon ; Dove ; Pigeon, 



Gmel., Syst. nat., 1788, vol. 1, pt. 2, p. 769. No locality. 



Columba livia Linne. Dresser, Birds of Europe, 1871-81, vol. 7, p. [11], 

 pi. [457] (upper fig., wild bird). Tegetmeier, Pigeons: their structure, 

 varieties, habits, and management, . London, 1868, 190 pp., 16 pis. Egg, 

 Seebohm, 1896, p. 158, pi. 47, fig. 9. 



Sea cliffs, nesting in cre^aces of rocks; now domesticated about buildings. 



Me.-Conn. — Introduced under domestication but now common in a 

 feral state in towns and cities. 



BuTEO borealis harlani (Audubon). Harlan's hawk. Accredited 

 to Massachusetts by Peabody on Nuttall's authority, probably in error. 



"Buteo cooperi" Cassin. Cooper's hen-hawk; California hawk. 

 A record for Cambridge, Mass., is believed to have been based on a very 

 light-colored example of B. lineatus. 



SuRNiA ULULA (Linne). European hawk owl. — Specimens of this and 

 the American race are said to have been taken^at Houlton^ Me., in 1877, 

 but probably all were S. u. caparoch. 



Drtobates villosus leucomelas (Boddaert). Northern hairy wood- 

 pecker. — Lender this name Chadboume lists the Hairy woodpecker from 

 Williamstown, Mass., probably in error for D. ii,llosus. 



