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132. NYCTEA NIVEA, (Band.) Gray. 
Snowy Owl. 
An irregular Winter visitor. Very common during the win¬ 
ter of 1876-7. 
133. NYCTALE ACADICA, (Gm.) Bonap. 
Acadian Owl. 
Rare. Adult male taken July 18th, 1878. Two specimens 
received, taken in Cayuga County, April 14th, 1877, and No¬ 
vember, 1878. 
134. CIRCUS CYANEUS, 
var. HUDSONIUS, {Linn.) Cones. 
Marsh Hawk. 
A common Summer resident. Breeds. 
135. ACCIPITER FUSCUS. (Gm.) Bonap. 
Sharp-shinned Hawk. 
Not an uncommon resident. 
136. ACCIPITER COOPERI, Bonap. 
Cooper’s Hawk. 
A common Summer resident. Nests early in May. A few 
remain all Winter. 
137. ASTUR ATRICAPILLUS, (Wils.) Bonap. 
Goshawk. 
An uncommon Winter visitor. Mr. Gilbert has taken sev¬ 
eral specimens of this bird at Penn Van, N. Y. 
13S. FA ECO COMMUNIS, Variorum. 
Peregrine Falcon; Duck Hawk. 
One specimen taken on Seneca Lake in the Winter of 1878, 
by Mr. H. F. Pratt of Penn Yan, N. Y. 
