SOME NOTES ON NEBRASKA BIRDS. 



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378. Speotyto cunicularia hypogaea (Bonap.).— Burrowing 

 Owl. 



Omaha, Lincoln, West Point, Crawford, Sidney, etc. — breeds (L. Bruner); 

 "Abundant in central and western Nebraska, and sparingly present almost to 

 the Missouri" (Aughey); "Abundant during spring, summer, and fall, and 

 probably remains during the winter" (Taylor); "east throughout the Great 



. Fig. 27. — Great Horned Owl 



Plains" (Bendire); "East to middle Texas and Nebraska " (Goss) ; "East to 

 Dakota, Nebraska, etc." (Fisher) Beatrice, De Witt— breeding (A. S. Pearse); 

 Omaha— breeding (L. Skow); Cherry county — breeds (J, M. Bates); Genoa 

 (D. H. Talbot); Gage county— breeds (F. A. Colby); "none in the vicinity of 

 Omaha within the past twelve years— formerly a small colony about ten miles 

 west" (I. S. Trostler); Sioux county in Hat creek valley (Mr, Plunkett). 



