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117. Bubo virginianus virginianus. 



GREAT HORNED OWL. 

 A common resident. Breeds. 



118. Nyctea nyctea. 



SNOWY OWL. 

 A not uncommon, but irregular, winter visitor. 



119. Sumia ulula caparoch. 



HAWK OWL.. 



Messrs. J. P. & F. J. Davis, taxidermists, mounted a speci- 

 men of this bird which was killed at Clark's Mills in the winter 

 of 1885. 



120. Coccyzus americanus americanus. 



YELLOW-BILLED CUCKOO. 



A rare summer resident. Breeds. Nests taken in New 

 Hartford and at Holland Patent. 



121. Coccyzus erythrophthalmus. 



BLACK-BILLED CUCKOO. 



A common summer resident. Arrives May 11 to 14. This 

 species shows its relationship to its more famous European 

 cousin by occasionally depositing an egg in the nest of some 

 other bird. This has been recorded by several observers in 

 different parts of the country and we have one record for this 

 county. On July loth, 1874, a nest of the Cedar Bird (Ampelis 

 cedrorum) was taken in New Hartford' which contained four 

 eggs of the owner and one of this parasite. The nest was 

 deserted, and apparently had been for some time; nor could 

 it be discovered that incubation had commenced; certainly it 

 had not in the Cuckoo's egg. (Recorded, Bulletin Nuttall 

 Onithological Club, Vol H, page no.) 



