26 FOREST AND STREAM 



Bnrgomaster. See Lmras glmieus. 



Burrowing Owl, See Bpeotyto cunicuUtria hypogcea. 



Butcher Bird. See Lamm horealia. 



Butoo albicandatus. White-tailed Hawk, x., 23, 443— Found quite com- 

 monly near Fort Brown, Texas— Dr. J. C. Merrill. 



Buteo borealis. Red-tailed Hawk, i., 26, 404— Common in New England 

 in winter, laying their eggs last of March— F. B. ii., 2, 22— Mr. Geo. 

 A. Boardman.has albinos of this species— "Omis" (Geo. Bird Grin- 

 nell). iii., 4, 53— Fomid in Newfoundland— M. Harvey, iv., 24, 374 

 —Short account of this species— J. H. Batty, v., 22, 240— General 

 account of the species — H. W. vi., 1, 3 — Interesting account of this 

 species in winter near Camtoidge, Mass. — Wm. Brewster, vi., 4, 53 — 

 Resident at New Haven, Conn.; common in summer ; rare in winter — • 

 "Speculator" (Robert T. Mor;is). vi., 5, 67— Nest with eggs, April 

 26, 1869, near Avondale, Penn.— C. F. P. vi., 6, 84— Winter resident 

 in Mass., but large arrivals from the South about March 10 to 20 — J. 

 A. Allen, vi., 7, 99 — Abundant all winter near Trenton, N. J. ; Feb- 

 ruary 3, 1876, first heard their call, so they are evidently building — 

 Chas. C. Abf ott. vi., 7, 100 — Resident at Montpelier, Vt.; common in 

 summer, rare in winter — W. A. Briggs. vi., 10, 148 — Rare in winter ; 

 common in summer, at Fort Wayne, Ind — G. Aug. Smith, vi., 12, 180 

 —Noticed at Parmington, N. H., April 15, 1876— S. S. Parker, vi., 12, 

 181 — Common in summer, rare in winter at Dan vers, Mass. — Arthur F. 

 Gray, vi., 17, 266— Noticed at Lake City, Minn., April 14, 1876— D. C. 

 Estes. vi., 22, 354 — Resident and very common at Ann Arbor, Mich.; 

 eggs are laid from the first to the middle' of April— A. B. Covert, vi., 

 23, 370— One seen at Gainesville, Texas, June 1, 1876 — G. H. Ragsdale. 

 vi., 26, 418— A nest with eggs discovered, April 1, 1876, at Lebanon, 

 111. — Wm. L. Jones, vii., 3, 36 — Resident in Central N. Y, but rare 

 invrinter — H. G. Fowler, viii. J8, 13 — Common summer resident and 

 breeds at Webster, N. H.; a few winter (Chas. F. Goodhue), viii., 

 14, 208— One shot at Hornellsville, N. Y., March 9, 1877— "Steuben." 

 viii, 15, 224 — Found in Michigan — "Archer" (G. A. Stockwell). xii., 

 13, 245 — Common in Nova Scotia — J. Matthew Jones. 



Bnteo borealis krideri. Krider's Hawk, i., 10, 150 — Description of two 

 specimens taken in Winnebago County, Iowa, by John Krider — 

 Bernard A. Hoopes. 



Bnteo harlani. Harlan's Buzzard, ix., 2, 24 — A speciinen captured in 

 Texas, November 16, 1876— G. H. Ragsdale. 



Buteo lineatns. Red-shouldered Hawk, i., 26, 404— Common in New 

 England in winter ; eggs laid last of March — F. B. ii., 11, 162— Most 

 common of this family, breeding in nearly every large clump of trees 

 in the Lake Okeechobee region, Florida — Fred. A. Ober. iv., 24, 374 

 — Short account of this species — J. H. Batty, vi., 1, 3 — Interesting 

 account of their winter habits ijear Cambridge, Mass._— Wm. Brewster, 

 vi., 4, 52 — Resident at New Haven, Coim.; common in summer; rare 

 in winter—" Speculator" (Robert T. Morris), vi., 7, 100— Resident at 

 Montpelier, Vt.; rare in winter ; common in summer — W. A. Briggs.' 

 vi., 8, 115— Noticed at Trenton; N. J., February 18, 1876— C. C. Ab- 

 bott, vi., 17, 266— Shot one at Gainesville, Texas, March 17, 1876, 

 from nest, and perhaps it was incubating — 6. H. Ragsdale. vi., 22, 

 354— A common resident at Ann Arbor, Mich.; the young are hatched 

 from the middle to the last of April — A. B. Covert, viii., 8, 113 — 

 Resident at Webster, N. H.; less common in winter; breeds— Chas. 

 F. Goodhue, viii., 15, 224— Found in Michigan— "Archer" (G. A. 

 Stockwell). ix., 26, 488— Account of one being caught by a blatSk 

 . snake that it had attempted to catch — Wm. K. Lente. x., 10, 179 — 

 Numerous at Salem, Mass, last of March, 1878— R. L. N.(ewcomb). 

 xii., 9, 165— Breeds at Chatham, N. J. — Harold Herrick. 



