BIRDS. 159 
147. Coccystes glandarius (L.). Great Spotted Cuckoo. 
148. Coccyzus americanus (X.). Yellow-billed Cuckoo. 
149. Coccyzus erythropthalmus (?Ftk). Black-billed Cuckoo. 
Order 2. ACCIPITRES. 
Sub-order STEIGES. 
Faraily STRIGID^, 
150. Strix flammea, L. Barn Owl. 
Very rare in the east; one was shot at Kildonan on the 12th 
of September 1883, and there are other specimens in the 
Dunrobin Museum. Rare in the west of tlie county, but 
has been known to breed at a certain locality on the south 
shore of Loch Assynt. We have seen it in autunni (August) 
when cover-shooting, and, at other times, in the birch-woods 
at Loch Letteressie, at the west end of Loch Assynt, or 
nearer Loch Inver. It is known to some of the natives, 
but not to ail. Breeds occasionally at Tongue (J. Crawford); 
and rarely, or occasionally, about Eosehall. 
Mentioned in Dr. Sinclair's List (0. MSS. 1868). 
One — an adult female — is recorded by Mr. Dunbar : 
" Shot by Mr. M'Beath at Dorrery : which found its desti- 
nation in the Commercial Bank, Thurso." Mr, Eeid also 
mentions its occurrence in the county. 
Family BUBONID^. 
151. Otus vulgaris {Flciti.). Long-eared Owl. 
Eare, but breeds in the Dunrobin district ; will probably 
extend its I'ange with the increasing number of plantations. 
