558 Annals of the Carnegie Museum. 



107. Asio magellanicus virginianus. Great Horned Owl. 



Bubo virginianus, Bonaparte, Geographical and Comparative List, 1838, 6. — A. 



O. U. Check-List, 1883, 202, and of recent authors generally. 

 Asio magellanicus virginianus, Oberholser, Proc. U. S. N. M., XXVII, 1904, 



188. 

 Resident throughout the year, according to Mr. Bacon, in suitable 

 situations in tracts of heavy timber, and probably more plentiful, on 

 the whole, than any other owl, excepting the last species. We did 

 not meet with it in 1900. 



108. Nyctea nyctea. Snowy Owl. 



A rather rare winter visitor. The following note on its occurrence 

 refers to Northeast, Erie County : "A party on a recent gunning ex- 

 pedition shot a large white or snowy owl near this place that measured 

 five ft. six in. from tip to tip of wings. Only one wing was in- 

 jured and it was captured alive, and is now on exhibition in a prom- 

 inent show window. It is the first I have heard of captured in this 

 section for some years. " ("A. A. A.," Forest and Stream, XXVIII, 

 February 3, 1887, 24.) Mr. Sennett secured two specimens near 

 Erie, one November 22, 1874, "cedars back of lake," the other 

 November 6, 1876, "head of bay." Mr. Bacon has personally seen 

 but one individual (December 22, 1894). Other specimens have, 

 however, come to his notice, killed by various parties on the following 

 dates : April 13, 1895, March 8, 1902, November 3, 1902 (a very 

 white bird), November 18, 1902. Two of Mr. Bacon's specimens 

 and one of Mr. Sennett's are now in the Carnegie Museum. 



[ Surnia uliila cafaroch. American Hawk Owl. 



A species that may occur as an accidental winter visitor in this section. ] 



109. Coccyzus americanus. Yellow-billed Cuckoo. 



A summer resident, apparently not very common. The only exam- 

 ples thoroughly identified in 1900 were recorded May 22 and Septem- 

 ber 21, dates which perhaps represent the approximate time of the 

 arrival and departure of the species. 



no. Coccyzus erythrophthalmus. Black- billed Cuckoo. 



Like the last a summer resident, and probably the more common 

 of the two species, frequenting the shrubbery and woodland. Speci- 

 mens were taken May 30 and September 13, 1900, and in Mr. Sen- 

 nett's collection there is a specimen marked May n, 1875, which 

 possibly represents an arrival. 



