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170. Yellow-billed Cuckoo ( Coccyzus americanus, Liun.) . 



A common summer resident. 



Parrots (Family Psittacidae). 



171. Carolina Paroquet (Oonurus carolinensis, Linn.). 



From being so common that its iiesh was nsed 

 as food, and it was shot as a pest in grain fields, 

 this bird has become nearly exterminated except 

 in Florida, and probably does not now occur in 

 Kentucky. Even in Audubon's time the numbers 

 had been greatly reduced, and he states that very 

 few were to be found in Kentucky higher than Cin- 

 cinnati, and that they were abundant only at the 

 mouth of the Ohio. 



Owls (Family ßubonidae). 



172. Snowy Owl (Nyctea nyctea, Linn.). 



Occasional in Kentucky during severe winters. 

 I have occasionally seen it in the lower part of 

 Kentucky (Aud.). 



173. Great Horned Owl (Bubo virginianus, Gmelin). 



Not uncommon in forest-covered regions. 



174. Screech Owl (Megascops asio, Linn.). 



Our most abundant owl. Nests even in the 

 edges of cities. 



175. Barred Owl (Syrnium nebuhsum, Forster). 



Rather common in the bottomlands of western 

 Kentucky. 



176. Short-eared Owl (Asio accipitrinus, Pallas). 



Occasionally observed near Lexington. Nelson 

 County, rare (Beckham). By no means scarce 

 (Aud.). 



177. Long-eared Owl (Asio wilsonianus, Lesson). 



Lexington, Ky., not very common. Observed 



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