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BIKDS OF WEST VIRGINIA — WETMORE 409 



Family STRIGIDAE 



STRIX VARIA VARIA Barton 



Northern Barred Owl 



On June 24 a young bird not quite grown was found on Cheat 

 IMountain, 3 miles west of Cheat Bridge. An adult female was shot 

 on Middle Mountain 12 miles northeast of Durbin on June 29, and a 

 female 9 miles northeast of Durbin on June 30. In the Cranberry 

 Glades in June barred owls were heard calling regularly at night. 

 Those taken show the extent of feather development on the toes 

 characteristic of the northern race. 



CRYPTOGLAUX ACADICA ACADICA (Gmelin) 



Acadian Owl 



The first breeding record for this owl in West Virginia was reported 

 by A. B. Brooks ^ on the basis of an immature bird found June 22, 

 1932, near Cranesville in Preston County. The locality is in the 

 extreme northern part of the State not fp.r from the western boundary 

 of Garrett County, Md. On June 12, 1936, Perrygo and Lingebach 

 found an Acadian owl resting in a hole in a dead tree in the Cranberry 

 Glades of Pocahontas County, at an elevation of 3,300 feet. The bird 

 was obtained with some difficulty and proved to be an immature 

 female, fully grown and on the wing but in ju venal dress. This is 

 the most southern breeding record for this species in the East. 



This particular specimen is decidedly darker above than a series of 

 a dozen in comparable plumage in the National Museum, suggesting 

 that there might be a local race in this area. To examine into this 

 W. E. Clyde Todd has permitted study of the specimen reported by 

 Brooks, which now is mounted in the Children's Museum, in the 

 Carnegie Museum (Catalog no. 111804, prepared by Reinhold L. 

 Fricke). This bird proves to resemble those from elsewhere in color, 

 so that the darker shade of the Cranberry Glades specimen is assumed 

 to be an individual variation. 



Family MICROPODIDAE 



CHAETURA PELAGICA (Linnaeus) 



Chimney Swift 



Fairly common about houses throughout the area covered. A male 

 v/as collected on Middle Mountain 12 miles northeast of Durbin on 

 June 27. 



5 Auk, 1933, p. 361. 



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