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Great Horned Owl' {Bubo virginianiis) . A rather rare resident. This is the 

 onlj- one of our Owls which habitually preys upon poultry, the others feed largely 

 on field-mice and shrews. 



*Snowy Owl {Xyctc'd nyctca). An irregular winter visitant, sometimes occur- 

 ring in considerable numbers. 



Hawk Owl (Surnia ulida caparoch). There is apparently but one record of 

 its capture in this vicinity, that of a specimen shot near Bay Ridge, L. I. (Dutcher 

 Auk, X, 1893, p. 275). 



Order COCCYGES. Cuckoos, etc. 

 Family CUCULID.E. Cuckoos, Anis, etc. 



* Yellow-billed Cuckoo {Coccyzus amcricanus) . A common summer resi- 

 dent, arriving about May 10 and departing the last of September. (See group, 

 third floor). 



*Black-billed Cuckoo (Coccycus crythrophfhalnius) . A common summer resi- 

 dent arriving and departing at about the same time as the preceding species. 



Family ALCEDINID.-E. Kingfishers 



* Belted Kingfisher (Ccrylc alcyon). A common summer resident, arriving 

 the latter part of March and remaining until the streams and ponds, from which 

 it obtains its food, are frozen. 



Order PICI. Woodpecker,-^. 



Family ALCEDIXID.E. Kixgfishers. 



*Hairy Woodpecker (Dryobatcs villosns). A rather uncommon resident. 



♦Downy Woodpecker (Dryobatcs pubcsccns mcdianus) next to the Flicker, 

 the Downy is our commonest Woodpecker . 



Red-cockaded Woodpecker (Dryobatcs borealis). Southern United 

 States, westward to Indian Territory', and northward to Tennessee and Vir- 

 ginia. This bird is accidental near New York, the only record of its occur- 

 rence being based on a specimen taken at Hoboken, N. J. ( Lawrence, Ann. 

 Lye. Nat. Hist., VIII, 1866, p. 291). 



*Yellow-bellied Woodpecker (Sphyrapicus varius) . A common spring 

 and fall migrant. 



Pileated Woodpecker (Ccoplilariis pilcatiis abicticola). "Formerly whole 

 wooded region of North America : now- rare or extirpated in the more thickly 

 settled parts of the Eastern States." This large Woodpecker occurs near New 

 York only as a very rare straggler: there are no recent records. 



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