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75. PANDION HALIAETUS CAROLINENSIS (Gmelin). 



OSPREY. 



"Fish Hawk." 



"Observed only a few times by me in this country." 

 (1890e). 



The foregoing note was published by the Doctor before 

 his trip to the Gulf Coast in 1892. In his journal for the 

 period Sept. 16-Oct. 2, he writes : "Many ospreys were 

 seen on the Gulf Coast and on Perdido Bay; on Soldier 

 Creek there were many nests in the pines and cypresses." 



76. ALUCO PRATINCOLA (Bonaparte). 

 Barn Owl. 



"Rare in this country, as far as I know, except six 

 miles south of Greensboro, on Mr. James Sledge's place, 

 where these owls are abundant. A quantity of their 

 castings may sometimes be gathered under the trees in 

 his grove, where the owls are found. They feed on rats 

 and mice." (189Ce). 



77. ASIO WILSONIANUS (Lesson)). 

 Long-eared Owl. 



"Rare. Three specimens have come under my obser- 

 vation ; two shot by Mr. John Cocke of this county and one 

 by myself ; flushed in a cornfield on the edge of a thicket, 

 while shooting. Time, winter." (1890e). 



The stomach of the specimen listed below "contained 

 hair and bones of mice." A note appended to the entry 

 of this specimen in the Doctor's original catalogue reads : 

 "It was told me that eight or ten of these owls were 

 seen in a flock, and that three or four might have been 

 killed at a shot." A little farther down the page is 

 penned: "On Saturday, March 3d, 1894, a badly shot 

 specimen of Asio wilsonianus was brought to me." 



No. 1108. Sex (?). Greensboro. Dec. 27, 1893. W. C. Avery. 



78. ASIO FLAMMEUS (Pontoppidan). 

 Short-eared Owl. 



"Tolerably common some years ; others not seen at all. 

 Frequently flies about in the daytime, and is flushed 

 from the tall grass of meadows and marshes. A half 



