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town, June 2, 1900, 4 eggs, Uny U, 1901, 8 eggs. May 10, 1902, -t eggs, and May 



13, 1903, 6 eggs (Silloway, 1903a, pp. 33-34) ; Steveusville, Ravalli (^ounty, April 



14. 1912, 2 eggs (Bailey, MS); Collins, Teton (V)iinty, May 18, 1917, o eggs 

 (DuBois, .MS). 



Records in the mountains: Deer Lodge County, 7000 feet, August 27, 1909, 

 and Homestake, Jefferson County, 5800 feet, J\ine 25, 1910 (Saundei's, 1912a, 

 p. 25) ; Red Eagle Lake, Glacier National Park. August 9, 1914. 



128. Asio flammeus (Pontoppidan) 



Short-eared Owl 



A regular permanent resident throughout the state in the mountain valleys 

 and on the prairies. Quite common in many places. Most observers record tliis 

 species. It nests in most localities where it is found, i)ut is not recorded nesting 

 in the extreme eastern ])art of the state. Cameron re|)orted it from that section 

 as an erratic winter visitor, thougli other observers have found it there in sum- 

 mer. 



Nesting records: Great Falls. June 13, 1889, 6 eggs, incubation advanced 

 (Bendire, 1892, p. 334) ; Lewistown, June, 1907, 8 eggs (Silloway, 1909, pp. 

 89-90) ; Choteau, 9 young, June 10, 1912, and later (Saunders, 1913c, pp. 121- 

 125) ; Bitterroot Valley, 6 eggs, April 14, 1912, and 3 eggs, April 3, 1913 ( P>ai- 

 ley, MS). Also reported to nest in the Gallatin and Deer Lodges valleys (Saun- 

 ders, 1911a, p. 37, and 1912a, p. 26). 



129. Strix varia varia Barton 



Barred Owl 



A rare permanent resident in the eastern part of the state. There are but 

 three records, all east of the continental divide and in the southern half of the 

 state. Yellowstone and Mussellshell rivers (Allen, 1874, p. (U) ; Gallatin County, 

 one seen August 5, 1909 (Saund(»rs. 19na, ]>. .')7 ) ; two taken at P.illiugs 

 (Thomas, MS). 



130. Scotiaptex nebulosa nebulosa (J. R. Forster) 



(iREAT Gray Owl 



A winter visitor, mainly in the northwestern ])art of the state, but with 

 one or two scatto-ing j-ecor-ds to indi('at(^ that it nuiy occur i-jirely anywhere. 

 Several mounted specimens are in the collection of TL P. Stanford, at Kalispell. 

 taken in that vicinity (Saunders, 1915b, p. 115). A specimen from Columbia 

 Falls, December 24, 1900, taken by E. S. Bryant, is in the collection of Dr. L. B. 

 Bishop. ITas been taken in the Bitterroot Valley nearly every wintei-, one on 

 December 3L 1910, and another December 2, 1911 (iiailey, MS). One t:iken at 

 Billings in tlie winter of 1!)17-18, and one seen on Buffalo-horn Cri'ck in tiie 

 AVest (iallatin country in Noveiubei-. 1 91 (! (Thomas, MS). 



