112 Trans. Acad. Sci. of St. Louis. 



it not harmed at all, but the crow actually became boss in the 

 cage. When the meat was placed on the floor of the cage, 

 who came and ate first? — the crow ! Only after it had finished 

 eating came Hoo-hoo, and what he left went to the big she-owl. 

 After living together thus harmoniously for about a year, the 

 crow escaped from the cage and was never seen again. Hoo- 

 hoo had several opportunities for deserting, but having been 

 confined from babyhood he could not fly well and did not get 

 far before we caught him by throwing a sack over his head and, 

 for his own good, put him back into his safe quarters. 



375a. Bubo virginianus pallescens Stone. Western Horned 

 Owl. 



Bubo virginianus subariicus (Hoy). 



Geog. Dist. — Western United States from western Nebraska 

 westward; southward to Mexican tablelands; north to Mani- 

 toba, Assiniboia, Alberta and British Columbia. Casually east 

 to Wisconsin and northern Illinois. 



A specimen in the collection of Mr. Chas. L. Eimbeck was 

 taken near New Haven. 



376. Nyctea nyctea (Linn.). Snowy Owl. 



Strix nyctea. S^lrn^a nyctea. Nyctea nivea. Nyctea scandiaca var. arctica. 



Geog. Dist. — Northern portions of the northern hemisphere; 

 breeding in America from eastern Greenland and Laborador, 

 through the Barren Grounds and arctic regions to the islands of 

 the Behring Sea and through northern British Columbia to 

 Sitka. In winter to the southern provinces of Canada and ir- 

 regularly to northern, seldom to southern, United States, as far 

 south as South Carolina, Louisiana, central California and Ber- 

 muda. Records of large flights are those of 1876-77, when 500 

 were reported in New England alone; of 1892-93 and 1901-02; 

 and the largest of all in the winter of 1905-06, when Mr. R. 

 D(^ane (Auk. Vol. 23, p. 283) collected records *'of some eight 

 hundred specimens from localities scattered from Nova Scotia 

 to Nebraska and from Manitoba to Missouri." 



In Missouri known only as a rare visitant from the middle of 

 November to the end of February, but this apparent rarity may 

 partly be due to the almost total lack of observers or collectors 

 throughout the northern part of the state. Known records are : 

 November, 1905, one killed near Malta Bend, Saline Co., by Mr. 



