Catalogue of Canadian Birds. 63 



Surnia ulula caparoch. 



AMERICAN HAWK OWL. 



Occurs throughout the Dominion, breeding from the Fur 

 Countries northward, and migrating to our southern border in 

 winter. It is, usually, a rather rare bird everywhere, though 

 comnion during some seasons. 



Speotyto cunicularia hypogaea. 



BURROWING OWL. 



Mr. Fannin has found this species only between the Cas- 

 cade Mountains and the Rockies ; Dr. Coues reports it occur- 

 ring between the Rocky Mountains and Milk River. 



Glaucidium gnoma. 



PYGMY OWL. 



A resident of British Columbia, especially abundant along 

 the coast. 



Coccyzus americanus. 



YELLOW-BILLED CUCKOO. 



Occurs from New Brunswick to British Columbia, but is rare 

 everywhere except in Southern Ontario, and is not mentioned in 

 Mr. Thompson's Manitoba list. 



Coccyzus erythrophthalmus. 



BLACK-BILLED CUCKOO. 



A common summer resident from the Maritime Provinces to 

 the'Plains ; migrating, in winter, south to the West Indies. 



