'542 I'l-occcdiiH/s of Jtxlhnxt Ac(l<hliiji of Science. 



TIh' iiiinic "SpiiriMwliMwk" is :i iiiisiiniucr : it would lie far lunrc npitro- 

 jiriatc to call it tlio "(irasshoppcM- Hawk". lU'causc of its iiscfuim-ss in 

 destroying uoxiovis rodents and insects, the Sparrowliawk should ho care- 

 fully protected. 



The nesting hahits of this hawk are quite different from those of most 

 hawks, in that it nests in holes in trees like yellowhammers and wood- 

 peckers. The nest may be in a natural hollow or in a deserted Wood- 

 pecker or Yellowliammer hole. In California, the Sparrowhawk sometimes 

 lays its eggs in a deserted Magpie nest. 



Carroll f'nniini: Noted May 11. 187S : March 1, 1S70; January 10. 1SS4. 

 one noted in Madis(in Town.ship ; March 25. common; December is, one seen 

 flying overhead in Bringhurst, which alighted on the side of a barn ne.nr 

 tlie Vandalia station where it clung to the side of the weather boarding for 

 some seconds ; the day was ver.y cold and the snow deep. 



Vigo Count!/: March 31, 1888, and April 1, 1889, several seen. 



Monroe Coiinti/: Quite common. 



85. PaNDIOX H^VLTAETl'S CAKOLIXKSIS (Guielin). FISII IIAWK. CMH) 



Occasionally seen in spring or fall along the rivers. Seen on White River 

 near Gosport, and frequently on the Wabash, near 'I'errc Il.nite. Noted in 

 Carroll County as follows: In the summer of ISs:;, seen on two or three 

 occasions on Wild Cat Creek near Burlington ; Septendicr I'l, one seen flying 

 up Deer Creek near Camden: April 22. 1884. one seen on 1 U'cr Creek west 

 of Camden ; September 22. one noted on Wabash River near Pittsburg ; 

 April 14, 1885, one seen near Pyrmont. 



86. Aluco PRATiNCOLA (Bouapartc ) . barn owl. (oG5) 



The Barn Owl does not appear to be very common anywhere in Indiana. 

 I have record of only a few individuals that came under my persimal 

 observation. 



In Carroll County, it is very rare. One taken near Frankfort in December, 

 1889. About the middle of December, 1898. Mr. Ceorge Van Der Volgen cap- 

 tured one near his home in Adams Township, C.-irroll ('(innty. and recorded 

 tire fact in the Delphi .Tournal of December 31. ISIKS. In .tune. 1919, Dale 

 Haun of Burlington captured one near the Logan .Johnson farm, west of 

 Burlington. On June 20. 1890, I found a pair nesting in a hollow in a large 

 wliite oak near the Five-mile Pond north of Terre Haute. One was killed 

 in November. 1889, near the Curry schoolhouse in Vigo County, and another 

 was shot in the county about the same time. In July, ISOO, a nest with 

 three young just able to fly was found near the Big Four railroad bridge at 

 Terre Haute. On November 19, 1889, we received a specimen from our 

 friend Mr. J. R, Stahl of Dana, Vermilion County, north of Terre Haute. 



87. Asio wii.soxianus (Lesson), long-eared owl. (366) 



Rather common resident, but not often seen. In January. 1883, one was 

 shot in the pine grove at Mr. Turner's at the west edge of I'.loomington, and 

 another was seen in the same grove a few davs later. 



