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NEBRASKA STATE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



Family STRIGIDiE.— Barn Owls. 



365. Strix pratinicola Bonap. — American Barn Om l; Monkey- 

 faced Owl. 



West Point, Gilmore, Lincoln, Scribner (L. Bruner); "Only occasionally 

 found in Nebraska, but breeds here" (Aughey); breeding in hole in ground 

 in Saline county, breeding in Lancaster county (R. E. Diuges) ; "An occasional 

 summer resident " (Taylor); " United States generally " (Bend ire); do. (Goss); 

 "Reaches southern Minnesota, Wisconsin, etc." (Fisher); Beatrice (A. S. 

 Pearse); Omaha — breeding (L. Skow); Cherry county (J. M. Bates); Gage 

 county (F. A. Colby) ; " occasionally seen in late spring and summer, a set of 

 eggs taken June 12, 1891, at Hebron, Thayer county, others known to have 

 bred in wolf den in Sarpy county " (I. S. Trostler). 









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Fic. -J-J. — B;irn Owl. 



Family BUBONID.^.— Horned Owls, etc. 



366. Asio wilsonius (Less.). — A^ferican Long-eared Owl. 



West Point, Lincoln, Gilmore (L. Bruner); rare (Aughey); "Occasionally 

 found in summer and fall " (Taylor); " Whole of temperate North America" 

 (Bendire) ; do. (Goss); do. (Fisher); Omaha— breeding (L. Skow); Cherry 

 county (J. M. Bates); Wood River, Genoa, Jackson (D. H. Talbot); Omaha, 

 "resident, not common — breeds " (I. S. Trostler). 



367. Asio accipitrinus {Pall). — Short-eared Owl. 



West Point, Omaha, Lyons, Holt county, Gilmore, Lincoln, etc., breeding, 

 Dodge county in April (L. Bruner) ; "This owl is frequently seen on the bor- 

 ders of the Missouri bottoms in Nebraska" (Aughey); "Resident, rare " 



