\»lrs n„ ilif liirds. :;i:; 



Tlic records t'nv ("nn'oll ('(MiiiIv ;iic :is fdllnws: (>ii .l;iiin:iry L'lt. issl. one 

 w;is i-ccci\i'(l I'l-diii .Idlin W. I In mi ll on nf I •.i-iimlmi-st iic;ii- which ph'icc il 

 li.-id hccii shot Jaiiiiary iT). Aiiollicr was >ccii al liic same time ami |ilace. 



Oil Kehniary .".. ISSC. one was rcceivcil fr S. W. I'.aiiian! of 1 (eer 



("reei<. On .lamiary II. Isss, I saw one in ,i spruce lice in my raliier's yai-i| 

 near I'.iirlln.iilon. 



On l>eceinlier :'A). 1S!)(», Mr. K. ]•]. Slick of Kewanna. Fulton Coiinty. sent ns 

 a specimen wliicli he collected near that place. 



SS. Asio i-|„\\i Mi.r.s ( I'oiitoppidaii I. s !r-i:.\i;i:i) owi,. CICTi 



Resident in all tlic counties Imf nof often .seen. 



We obtained two sjieciniens in Monroe County in the I'all of iss.'.. and one 

 October IS. ISSG. February 1. ISOO. Mr. Fletcher SL Nde uf Indianapolis, 

 sent us a female taken January 31. 2V-! miles north of that city. December 

 1. two females obtained near Terre Haute by I»r. T. ('. Stunkard. and two 

 others obtained by Mrs. Geo. T.rdsiiis at I'aris. Illinois, one of whicli was 

 brought to us. In the fall of iSSS ( indb.alily in October i. I saw one at the 

 Five-mile Pond north of Terre Haute. February i:'.. is'.H. we received a 

 ]»air (male and female), in the flesh from Franki)ort. Clinlon County, where 

 they were colleetea by Mr. Al. Keys. On l)e<-einlier L'T. r.)i)2. one was seen 

 near a tani.-irack swamp two niil(>s soutliwest of Lake Maxinkuckee. 



SO. Sinix v.Mu.v v.\Ki.v F.arton. k.mikki) owr.. CKIS) 



( )ne of our most coninion owls, ••iml a pennaiuMit resident in ail the (-oun- 

 ties considered. Altboii.uh I noted it fi'e(|uently in Monroe. I collected no 

 specimens. In Carroll. I noted it \■^'\^y often. Several were obtained in 

 the winters of 1877 to 187!t : one near Camden. February IS. 1S7S. and a 

 female January 27. 1879. Whenever I made a trip to any of the heavily 

 tiinliered re.ijions about Camden or Bm-lin^'ton. esitecially in the Deer Creek 

 bottoms, I was quite sure to see one or more of these interesting owls. In 

 the heavy woods southwest of my father's farm near Burlington, they were 

 very common and in the spiing of the year, their crazy notes could be heard, 

 ipiite terrifying to the small boy who at times was sent into the edge of 

 tIio.se woods to bring the cows home in the evening. A iiair had their nest 

 for several years in the hollow of a large, elm not far from the house, and 

 1 have often .seen tlie whole family, old and young, in the old elm or other 

 trees near by. February 14, 18S5. a female brought us by Mr. John ('line 

 fi'om near Camden. On the previous evening I saw one in the woods 2\-> 

 miles south of Camden. Febi-uary 21. a female was sent us by S. \V. P.ar- 

 nard of Flora. March 0. I found a male dead in the woods southwest of my 

 father's farm. On December 7. 18S!). I secured a female at the (Joose Pond. 

 !) miles south of Terre Haute. On January 4, ISOO, another female was 

 br(.ught us by Mr. J. E. McGilvrey from near Clinton. Parke County. This 

 owl was being pursued by crows when Mr. McGilvrey shot it. .\n examin- 

 ation of the ovaries showed eggs not larger than peas. 



The P.arred OwJ never kills chickens. Its food consists almost entirely 

 of noxious rodents, in.sects. and the like. It is therefcrc a very useful bird 

 and should be rigidly protected. 



