110 FAUNA OF NEW ENGLAND. 



RAPTORES. STRIGES. 



STRIGIDAE. 



Mass. — Uncommon resident, more frequent in fall migration. 

 Eggs, Mar. 27-May 13. 



R. I. — Uncommon resident, occasionally more common in fall 

 and winter. Eggs, Mar. 15- April 12. 



Conn. — Uncommon resident. Eggs (Eeb.), Mar. 1— April 30 

 (May 10). 



209. Scotiaptex nebulosa (Forster) Preble. 

 Great gray owl; Cinereous owl; Spectral owl. 



Strix nebulosa Forst., Phil, trans, roy. soc. London, 1772, 

 vol. 62, p. 424. "circa Sinum Hudsonis." 



Strix cinerea Gmel. Swainson and Richardson, Fauna Boreali- 

 Amer., 1831, vol. 2, p. 77, pi. 31. Egg, Bendire, 1892, vol. 1, pi. 

 12, fig. 5. 



Wooded country; nests in trees. 



Me. — Rare and irregular winter visitor. Nov. 8-Mar. 2. 



N. H. — Rare winter visitor. 



Vt. — Rare and irregular winter visitor. Nov. 27-Feb. 11. 



Mass. — Rare winter visitor. Nov. 10-Mar. 4. 



R. I. — Very rare winter visitor: Fox Island, Mar. 25, 1883; 

 near Providence, 1870, Nov. 19, 1906. 



Conn. — Rare winter visitor: North Haven, Jan. 18, 1893; 

 Stratford, Jan. 6, 1843. 



210. Glaux funerea richardsoni (Bonaparte) A. O. U. comm. 

 Richardson's owl; Sparrow owl. 



Nyctale richardsoni Bonap., Geogr. and comparative list birds 

 Europe and Xo. Amer., 1838, p. 7. Based on Audubon: "at 

 Bangor, in Maine, on the Penobscot River." 



Strix tengmalmi Linne. Swainson and Richardson, Fauna Bor- 

 eali-Amer., 1831, vol. 2, p. 94, pi. 32. Egg, Bendire, 1892, vol. 1, 

 pi. 12, fig. 6. 



