NOTES ON RHODE ISLAND ORNITHOLOGY. 



Vol. III. JULY. No. 3. 



Notes on Rhode Island Ornithology, a quarterly publication for 

 the purpose of furthering interest in ornithology in the State of Rhode 

 Island. Published and edited by Reginald Heber Howe, Junior. Address, 

 Longwood, Brookline, Massachusetts. 



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A LIST OF THE BIRDS OBSERVED ON THE 



ISLAND OF RHODE ISLAND AND THE 



ADJACENT WATERS. 



BY LOUIS DI ZEREGA MEARNS. 



84. Bubo virginianus. Great Horned Owl. — One was seen in 

 Middletown township, in May, 1900, by Mr. Philip Peckham, Jr., who 

 also saw one on September 30, 1900. During the winter of 1899-1900, a 

 pair remained near the Bonaparte House. 



85. Nyctea nyctea. Snowy Owl.— In a letter dated February 10, 1900, 

 Captain Wirt Robinson, U. S. Army, writes ; "I shot a Snowy Owl in 

 the little marshy valley of the creek that runs into the ocean at Goose 

 Neck, on the south end of the Island of Rhode Island. Just above the 

 stone crusher, near the Bonaparte House, I saw two Snowy Owls." I saw 

 a mounted specimen that was killed on this Island by the grandfather of 

 Forrest Buchanan, of Newport, many years ago. 



86. Coccyzus americanus. Yellow-billed Cuckoo. — Onlyobseived 

 on the following dates : two July 6, two July 24, one August 2, 7, 8, 9, and 

 one October 7, all in 1900. 



87. Coccyzus erythrophthalmus. Black-billed Cuckoo. — A com- 

 mon summer resident. May 20 (1900) to September 16 (1899). Seen 

 building a nest May 26, 1900; another nest, nearly finished, partly of sea- 

 weed, June 9, 1900. 



88. Ceryle alcyon. Belted Kingfisher. — A fairly common resident ; 

 breeds. April 4, 1900, to October 15 (1900). It fishes in both salt and 

 fresh waters, nesting beside both. In 1899, a pair had a nest in a bank 

 beside Narragansett Bay, near Fort Adams, R. I. These birds often flew 

 over our house, in passing from the nest to Brenton's Cove ; but, on the 

 following year, no Kingfishers came to the Cove during the breeding 

 season or before July 15, after which they were constantly present. 



89. Sphyrapicus varius. Yellow-bellied Sapsucker. — Old borings 



