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Brond-taUcd Unminliig Bird. See Selasphnrus platycereu*. 

 Broad-winged Hawk. See Buteo pennsyhanieus. 

 Brotherly-IOTB Vireo. See Vireo philadelpTucus. 

 Brown Creeper. See Oerthia familians 

 Brown Pelican. See PeleoomwfusciLS. 

 Brown Tlirnsli. See Barpwhynchus rufat. 

 Brown Towhee. See Pipilojuseus. 

 Brown-lieaded Nuthatch. See Sitta pmiUa. 



Bubo Tirginianns. Great Horned Owl. i., 26, 404-Resident in New 

 England, breeding in February— F. B. ii., 11, 163— Several heard m 

 the Lake Okeechobee region, Florida^Fred. A. Ober. ui., 4, 53— 

 Not uncommon in Newfoundland ; called there Cat Owl— M. Harvey, 

 iv., 24, 374— A Short account of this species; it sometimes hunts m 

 the daytime— J. H. B»tty. v., 17, 260— Found commonly in the 

 Black Hills by George Bird Grinnell in 1874^ErneBt Ingersoll. vi., 4, 

 52 — Resident near New Haven, Conn.; rare at all times — "Specula- 

 tor (Robt. T. Morris), vi., 7, 100— A few remain during the entire 

 year near Montpelier, Vt.-^W. A. Briggs. vi., 8, 116— Begin to lay 

 and sit on their eggs in Massachusetts, March 20 to 31 — J. A. Ailtn. 

 vi., 10, 148— Common all the year at Fort Wayne, Ind.— G. Aug. 

 Smith, vi., 12, 181— Rather rare at all times near Danvers, Mass. 

 —Arthur F. Gray, vi,, 22, 354^-Common resident at Ann Arbor, 

 Mich. J eggs are laid from Feb. 14 to March 20— A. B. Covert, vii . 

 3, 36— Resident in Central New York; not very common ; breed here 

 — H. G. Fowler, viii., 7, 96— Noticed on Clark's Island, Plymouth, 

 Mass. in 1852— F. C. Browne, viii., 8, 113— Common resident at 

 "Webster, N. H.— Ch&s. P. Goodhue, viii., 13. 192— The only one 

 seen on the Coteau des Prairies, Dakota, was killed Sept. 30, 1876 

 near Fort Sisseton- Chas. E. McChesney. viii , 15, 224— Found in 

 Michigan— "Archer" (G. A. Stockwell). x., 9, 156— Set of egps 

 taken March 15, 1878, at East Hampton, Conn.— W. W. Coe. xii.,,9, 

 165— Breed at Ohatham, N. J., every season— Harold Herrick. xii., 

 13. 245 — Common throughout the year in Nova Scotia— J. Matthew 

 Jones. 

 Bneephal.-! albeola. Buffle-headed Duck, Butter Ball, Dipprt. i., 13, 204 

 —Common in Florida— Editors, i., 26, 404— Found in New En^lan(! 

 in winter— F. B. ii., 2, 22— Mr. Geo A. B )ardman has an Albino of 

 this species— " Ornis " (Geo. Bird Grinnell). ii., 11, 167— Abundant 

 at Elkhorn, Wis., April 15, 1874. iii., 22, 340— Abundant in vfinter 

 and spring in Eastern Florida— Editors, iv., 18, 285— Abundant at 

 Elkhorn, Wis., between April 10 and 20— "Greenhead." v.. 26, 411 — 

 Abundant at Columbia, S. C, in winter—" Kusticus." vi., 18, 284— 

 Found in Nebraskar-C. H. Phillips, vii., 6, 84— Rare in winter in 

 Ceniral New York; common in the spring and autumn — H. G. Fow- 

 ler, vii., 8, 116-— Very common during the migrations in Connecticut 

 —Robt. T. Morris, vii., 11, 164r-Very comm in during the migra- 

 tions at Ann Arbor, Mich.; thinks it breeds here, as they are often 

 found in summer— A. B. Covert, vii., 14, 212— C died "Dipper" or 

 "Dopper" by the gunners in Plymouth Biv, Mi^p.- F. 0. Browne, 

 vii., 17, 266— Common at Salem, Mass., ndv. 29, 1876— "Teal" (R. 

 L. Newcomb). vii., 18, 276— Called " liufflehead" or "Butter Ball" 

 by the gunners on the Connecticut coast — Roht. T. Morris, viii., 

 7, 96— Noticed at Plymouth, Mass., in 1852— P. C. B;Owne. viii., 

 17, 261— Arrives on the Coteau des Prairies, Dakota, April 9 nna 

 jemains a few davs; arrives back Sept. 15 and departs Oct. 22; 

 abundant— Chas. E. McOhesney. viii., 23, 380— Pound in Michigan 

 — " Archer " (G. A. Stockwell). xii., 13, 245— Have shot it in Oregon 

 — Gref. A. Sturtevant. xii, 20, 386— Shot at Plymouth, Mass., Dec. 

 12, 1852— F. C. Browne. 



