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370. Scotiaptex cinerium [GmeL). — Great Gray Owl. 



Long Pine, Neb. — specimen in a saloon (J. M. Bates); Omaha, "rare winter 

 resident, one seen Dec. 17, 1893, in county poor farm woods" (I. S. Trostler). 



371. Nyctala tergmalmi richardsoni [Bonap.). — Richardson's 



Saw-whet Owl. 



Lincoln, Neb., Dec. 10,1892 (L. Brunei); "to northern United States in 

 winter" (Bendire). 



Fig. 24.— Barred Owl 



372. Nyctala acadica {GmeL). — Saw-whet Owl. 



West Point, Omaha, Lincoln (L. Bruner); "rarely south of 40° in eastern 

 portions" (Bendire); "The United States and southern British possessions, 

 from Atlantic to the Pacific " (Goss); " Ranging south to about the thirty-ninth 

 parallel in the east" (Fisher); Omaha (L. Skow); Cherry county (J. M. Bates); 

 Sioux county, Feb. 22, 1896, heard at night (W. D. Hunter, L. Skow). 



373. Megascops asio {Linn.). — Screech Owl. 



West Point, Omaha, Rockport, Lincoln, etc — breeds (L. Bruner): "Often 

 met with in the wooded portions of Nebraska, where it breeds" (Aughey); 

 "Resident, abundant" (Taylor); "west to the Great Plains" (Bendire); 

 "Temperate eastern North America" (Goss); "West to the Great Plains" 

 (Fisher); Beatrice, De Witt (A. S. Pearse); Omaha — breeding (L. Show); Da- 

 kota City (D. H. Talbot); Gage county— breeds (F. A. Colby); "resident, not 



