GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF THE TEKRITOEIES. 

 Melunerpes torqiiatus, Boliap., (Lewis's woodpecker:) 



695 



No. 



Catalogue- 

 number. 



Sex. 



Date. 



Measure- 

 ments. 



Locality. 



167 

 170 

 174 



62274 

 62275 

 62276 



9 

 5 



July 17, 1872 

 July 18. 1872 

 July 18, 1872 



11 X21i 

 11 X21f 

 lOi X 20f 



Nortli Fork, Idaho. 

 Do. 

 Do. 



Hab. — Western America, from Black Hills to Pacific. 



Xortli, or Henry's Fork of Snake River, is the only locality on our 

 route where this species was met with ; here, on the 17th of July, they 

 were quite common, and very shy, and I pursued them for several hours 

 before obtaining a specimen. On the 18th, however, thej^ were still 

 more numerous, and I secured two specimens without much difficulty. 



Colaptes mexicanus, Sw., (red-shafted flicker 



No. 



Catalogue- 

 number. 



Sex. 



Date 



Measure- 

 ments. 



Locality. 



160 

 271 



62257 



62258 



5 



July 16, 1872 

 Sept. 16, 1872 



in X 19f 

 13 X21i 



North Fork, Idaho. 

 Snake River, Wyo. 



Eab. — Western l^forth America, from Black Hills to Pacific. 



This western representative of C. auratus was met with at North 

 Fork, Teton Caiion, and Snake River, but was not abundant at either 

 of these places. At Lewis's Lake, however, they were quite numerous ', 

 there, on the 13th of September, I counted twenty-seven in one flock. 



Order 4.— RAPTORES, BIRDS OF PREY. 

 Family 40. — STRiGiDiE, the Owls. 

 Otus icilsonianus, Lesson, (long-eared owl :) 



No. 



Catalogue- 

 number. 



Sex. 



Date. 



Measure- 

 ments. 



Locality. 



126 



61760 



5 



June 28, 1872 



i4t X m 



Devil's Creek, Idaho. 



Hal). — The whole of temperate North America. 



I shot this specimen of the long-eared owl as it was sitting in a willow, 

 directly under its nest, which was made of sticks about three-eighths of 

 an inch in diameter; it was about one foot deep and two feet in diame- 

 ter ; the nest was empty, the young having probably flown away. 



