32 HARRY C. OBERHOLSER. 



Colorado. — Boukler; North end of Wet Mountains, 

 Fremont Coiiiily; Poiica Pass, Fremont County; Mosca 

 Pass, San Luis Valley; Colorado Springs; Estes Park; 

 Idaho Springs ; Evergreen, Jefferson (County ; Twelve 

 miles from Gold Hill; Beulah. 



Texas. — Prcsidio (County. 



Mexico. — Norlhern Mexico; Western Mexico ; Valley 

 of Mexico ; City of Mexico ; Orizaba Mountains, Chimalpa, 

 Jalapa, and San Antonio Coapa, Vera Cruz; Alpine region 

 of Vera Cruz. 



Guatemala. — Diiefias; Cerro de Paramos. 



]\leager enougli are thc itenis of Information upon tlie 

 general liabits of the Flanimulated Ovvl, but it secms quite 

 safc to assume that in its life history the species does not 

 cssentially ditferfrom its congener, the common Screech 

 Owl. At night it prowls aboutthe forests, sometimes alone, 

 sometimes with a companion, but during thc daylight 

 remains in quiet concealment, which it leaves only whcn 

 startled by some intrudcr. It does not seem to be partic- 

 ularly shy, permitting often a near approach, evcn at 

 dusk, and one writer teils that at this hour heoncc caught 

 witli bis hands an immatare though füll grown bird. 



The notes of this Owl are said to be similar to thosc 

 of the Screech Owl [Megascops asio), but shorter and 

 weaker. Tbere must indeed be a striking resemblance, for 

 Älr. Henshaw relates bis experience in calling one of 

 tbese birds by imitating the voice of the Screech Owl. 



The nest and eggs of Megascops ßammeolus remained 

 unknown until 1875, on June 15 of which year Mr. Charles 

 E. Aiken,of Colorado Springs, Colorado, discoverod a nest 

 containing one egg. From that date up to 1 890 no f iirther 

 Information was forth Coming, but during the last men- 

 lioned year, Mr. V\'illiam G. Smith, of Loveland, Colorado, 

 succeedcd in securing threc sets of these rare eggs, perfcct 

 iik'utiftcation having becn established by collecting the 

 sittiiigfcmales.Since thattimeseveralothernestshavebeen 

 brought to notice, but so far as known Colorado is the only 

 place where the species has actually been found breeding. 



