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PICIDiE. — Woodpeckers. 
Genus Prcus, Linnaeus. 
26. P. querulas, Wils. Red-cockaded Woodpecker. — E. and S. A species 
partial, if not peculiar, to pine woods, and therefore likely to be found 
in the extreme southern part of the state. 
Genus Picoides, Lacepede. 
27. P. tridactylus americanus (Brehm) Ridgw. Banded Three-toed 
Woodpecker. — N. Probably a rare winter visitant to the extreme northern part 
of the state. 
STRIGIDJ5.— Owls. 
Genus Nyctale, Brehm. 
28. N. tengmalmi richardsoni (Bp.) Ridgw. Richardson’s Owl. — N. Prob- 
ably a rare winter visitant to extreme northern counties. Has been obtained in 
Wisconsin by Dr. Hoy [fide Coues, Birds Northwest, p. 314), while Mr. Allen 
gives it as found in Iowa*. 
Genus Speotyto, Gloger. 
29. S. cunicularia hypogcea (Bp.) Ridgw. Burrowing Owl. — W. A species 
of the plains and open country, breeding regularly as far east as Fort Hays, 
Kansas (Allen, Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool., III., 1872, 180; Snow, Catal. Birds Kan- 
sas, 1872, 2). Has also been obtained in Eastern Massachusetts and near New 
York city (references not at hand). 
FALCONID^E. — Hawks, &c. 
Genus ^Esalon, Kaup. 
30. JE. richardsoni , Ridgw. Richardson’s Merlin — N. W. A species 
occurring throughout the whole extent of the Great Plains, and therefore likely 
to occur in any prairie district. Has been obtained in Kansas (spec, in U. S. 
Nat. Mus.), and in Michigan. [F. cesalon, Fox, — reference forgotton, and not 
now accessible to the writer.) 
TETRAON I DM. —Grouse. 
Genus Can ace, Reichenbach. 
31. C. canadensis (Linn ) Bp. Spruce Grouse. — N. Possibly a rare winter 
visitant to extreme northern portion. 
CHARADRIIDJE. — Plovers. 
Genus Podasocys, Coues. 
32. P. montanus (Towns.) Coues. Mountain Plover. — W. Possibly oc- 
curs on the dryer upland prairies. Has been obtained in Florida (Maynard; 
reference not at hand), and is a common species of the Great Plains west 
of the Missouri river. 
Genus ^Egialites, Boie. 
33. JE. melodus (Ord.) Bp. Piping Plover. — E. Although we are unable 
to give authority for the occurrence in Illinois of the typical form of this species, 
*In his Catalogue of the Birds of Iowa, in White’s Geol. Survey of Iowa. 
