ZOOLOGY) HEC: Pay 
144. 365. Strix pratincola{Bonap.) American Barn Owl. Resident; rather 
common. Inhabits the greater part of the United States; more common in the 
South. Found also southward through Mexico. Nest usually in holes in the 
high, sandy banks of our rivers and creeks. Snow, 1872. 
145. 366. Asio wilsonianus(Less.) American Long-eared Owl. A common 
resident. Is found in all of temperate North America: south into Mexico. Not 
many of the birds winter in Kansas. Snow, 1872. 
146. 367. Asio accipitrinus (Pall.) Short-eared Owl. Resident; not com- 
mon. Common in migration. Found over the whole American continent and in 
many parts of the eastern hemisphere. Breed from the Gulf states northward 
to within the arctic circle. Found nesting at Neosho Falls and at Beattie, in 
Kansas. Snow, 1872. 
147. 368. Syrnium nebulosum (Forst.) Barred Owl. Resident: common. 
A bird of eastern North America, occurring north to New Brunswick and Mani- 
toba, west to western Kansas, south to Georgia and northern Texas. Replaced 
westward by the form S. occidentale. Snow, 1872. 
148. 372. Nyctale acadica (Gmel.) Saw-whet Owl. A winter sojourner; 
notrare. Ranges the United States and the southern part of the British prov- 
inces from the Atlantic to the Pacific; on the eastern coast, south to Pennsyl- 
vania: in the western mountains, south into Mexico. Breeds mainly in the northern 
part of its range, except in the mountains. Snow, 1872. 
149. 373. Megascops asio(Linn.) Screech Owl. A very common resident. 
Belongs to the eastern part of temperate North America, south to Georgia, and 
west to the plains. Breeds throughout its range. Snow, 1872. 
150. 375. Bubo virginianus (Gmel.) Great Horned Owl. A common resi- 
dent. Inhabits eastern North America, west to the plains, south through east- 
ern Mexico to Costa Rica. Snow, 1872. 
151. 375a. Bubo virginianus subarcticus (Hoy). Western Horned Owl. A 
rare resident in western Kansas. Belongs to the western United States; north 
into British America, south over the higher plateaus of Mexico, and east to 
western Kansas and Texas. Taken by Colonel Goss, in Rawlins county, October 
29, 1885, and reported by him in the Auk, vol. III, p. 112. 
152. 376. Nyctea nyctea (Linn.) Snowy Owl. Winter sojourner; not very 
common except in the more severe winters. Belongs to the extreme north of 
both continents, moving southward in the winter. In North America it occurs 
as far south as the Carolinas and northern Texas. Snow, 1872. 
153. 378. Speotyto cunicularia hypogea (Bonap.) Burrowing Owl. Sum- 
mer resident; abundant in the middle and western parts of the state. The 
birds may winter in southern Kansas, but in the northern part of the state they 
rarely appear in spring until the latter part of April. These owls are resident in 
the southern part of their range, which embraces the western part of North 
America from the northern United States southward to Guatemala. Say, 1823. 
154. 382. Conurus carolinensis (Linn.) Carolina Paroquet. Formerly an 
abundant resident in the eastern parts of the state. Now extinct in Kansas. Still 
found in small flocks in southern Florida and the Indian territory. Abert, 1848. 
155. 385. Geococcyx californicus (Less.) Road-runner. An occasional visi- 
tant in the western part of the state; may possibly breed. This bird belongs to 
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