WOODLAND BIRDS. 



15 



No. 14. 



SHORT EARED OWL. 



Family: BubonidaB. Genus: Asio. 



Species: A. accipitrinus. 



Distribution ; 



A common migrant, and formerly breeding along the New 

 England coast, probably wintering in Khode Island. Various 

 record of winter specimens. 



Date of Arrival: March. 



Date of Departure: December. 



General Plumage: 



Brown, yellowish and white, wings buff barred, black around 

 eye. Bill and claws black, legs buff, feathered. Length 

 about 15.00. 



Song and Other Notes: 

 Generally silent. 



Haunts: 



Marshes, sand dunes along the coast, rare inland. 



