SOME NOTES ON NEBRASKA BIRDS. 



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(Taylor); " Entire western hemisphere " (Bendire); " The entire continent of 

 America" (Goss); " Greater part of both hemispheres " (Fisher); Beatrice (A. 

 S. Pearse); Omaha (L. Skow); Cherry county (J. M. Bates); Wood River, Elm 

 Creek, Dakota City (D. H. Talbot); Gage county (F. A. Colby); "resident, 

 rare, seen in vicinity of Omaha in summer and winter" (I. S. Trostler). 



Fig. 23. — Short-eared Owl. 



368. Syrnium nebulosum (i^o/s«.).— Barred Owl. 



West Point, Tekamah, Lincoln (L. Bruner) ; "Very seldom seen in Ne- 

 braska" (Aughey); "Rarely seen in the state, but may be a constant resi- 

 dent" (Taylor); " West to eastern Nebraska and Kansas " (Bendire); " I have 

 never met with them west of Kansas " (Goss); " Westward to Manitoba, Da- 

 kota, Kansas, and Texas" (Fisher); Omaha— breeding (L. Skow); Lincoln- 

 breeding (A. Cook); Gage county (F. A. Colby); Omaha, " resident, not rare- 

 breeds in March " (I. S. Trostler). 



