490 BULLETIN UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVET. n^»IV. 



STEIGIDJE. 



'' Stbix flammea ameeicana. Barn Owl. — Eather rare resident. 



Bubo vieginianus. Oreat Horned Owl. — Common resident ; breeds j 

 two varieties taken. 



' Scops asio. Screech Owl. — Common resident ; breeds. 

 _ Otus vulgaeis ■wilsonianus. Long-eared Owl. — Common resident; 

 breeds. 



Beachyotus palustris. Short-eared Owl. — Eesident ; breeds. 

 / Syenium cineeeum. Great Gray Owl. — Eather rare resident ; j)rob- 

 ably breeds. 



- Syenium nebulosum. Barred Owl. — ^Very common resident; breeds. 

 :' Nyctea nitea. Snowy Owl. — Eattier common winter resident, soutb 

 to the southern boundary of the State ; probably breeds. 



- SUENIA ULULA HUDSONICA. Eare winter visitor. 



,< Nyctalb acadica. Acadian Owl. — Eather common in some local- 

 ities; breeds. 



PALCONID^. 



''^ CiECUS CYANEUS HUDSONius. Marsh Harrier. — Abundant summer 



resident; breeds. 

 '' ICTINIA SUBCCEEULEA (Bartx.). Mississippi Kite. — Eecorded on the 



authority of a single specimen taken in Cass County ; preserved. 

 ' Elanus glaucus (Bartr.). BlacTc-shouldered Kite. — ^A rare summei 



resident, according to Dr. H. A. Atkins. 



- Elanoides poepicatus. Swallow-tailed Kite. — Placed in the list oi 

 Michigan birds by Hon. D. D. Hughes, Ornithology of Michigan, MSS, 



AcoiPiTEE PUSCUS. Sharp-shinned HawlL — Common summer resi- 

 dent; breeds. 



' AcciPiTEE COOPERI. Cooper^s Hawh. — Very abundant summer resi- 

 dent ; "breeds. 



' ASTUE ATEiCAPiLLUS. Goshawlc. — Irregular visitant; more fre 

 quently taken in winter; more common in northern part of the State, 

 where it probably breeds. 



Falco sacbe. Jerfalcon. — Said to have been taken in the State ir 

 winter. ♦ 



Falco communis. Duclc Hawlc. — Irregular visitor ; several taken 



Faxco columbaeius. Pigeon Hawlc. — Not a common species ; breeds 



Falco spaevbeius. Sparrow Hawk, — Abundant summer resident 

 a generally distributed species ; breeds. 



BuTBO BOEEALis. Bed-tailed Buzzard. — Very common from Marcl 

 to November ; resident some seasons ; breeds plentifully. 



BuTBO LiNEATUS. Bed-shouldered Buzzard. — Common summer so 

 journer ; breeds ; resident in some localities. 



BuTEO SWAINSONI. Swainson^s Buzzard. — Placed in this list on the 

 authority of a specimen taken in Genesee County, Lat. 43°, now in tli( 

 Flint Scientific Institute. 



