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NEBRASKA STATE HOUTICUI.TURAL SOCIETY. 



375a. Bubo virginianus subarcticus(//o?/). — Western Horned 

 Owl. 



West Point (L. Bruner); "eastward across the Great Plains" (Bendire); 

 "East across the Great Plains to western Texas and western Manitoba " (Goss); 

 do. (Fisher); Omaha (L. Skow); Cherry county (J. M. Bates); Sioax county, 

 Feb. 26, 1896, several seen but not taken (W. D. Hunter, L. Skow). 



Fig. -iG.— Saw-whet Owl. 



3756. Bubo virginianus arcticus (Swains.). — Arctic Horned 

 Owiv. 



West Point (L. Bruner); "South in winter to Manitoba and the mountains 

 of Dakota and Montana" (Fisher); Florence (L. Skow). 



375c. Bubo virginianus saturatus Ridgw. — Dusky Horned 

 Owl. 



Near Omaha — accidental (?) (L. Skow). 



376. Nyctea nyctea {Linn.). — Snowy Owl. 



Omaha, Papilliou, West Point, Oakland, Lincoln (L. Bruner); "Frequently 

 seen in winter and occasionally in late autumn " (Aughey) ; "A common win- 

 ter visitant " (Taylor) ; "Southward in winter * * * almost across the 

 United States" (Bendire); "Northern portion of the northern hemisphere, mi- 

 grating south in winter " (Goss); "Sometimes common as far south as the for- 

 tieth parallel" (Fisher); Omaha (L. Skow); Cherry county (J. M. Bates); 

 Wakefield (D. H. Talbot); Gage county (F. A. Colby); "not rare as a winter 

 resident" (I. S. Trostler). 



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377a. Surnia ulula caparoch {MlllL). — American Hawk Owl. 



Raymond, Nebr., Nov., 1891 (E. R. Mockett); once near Omaha (?) (L. Skow). 



