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dozen or more are often seen together. Winter resident.” 
(1890e). 
The stomach of the specimen listed “contained a male 
redwing.” 
No. 958. Female. Greensboro. Dec. 4, 1891. W. C. Avery. 
79. STRIX VARIA VARIA (Barton). 
BARRED OWL. 
A specimen in the collection, bearing no label, is refer- 
able to this subspecies. It is thought to be No. 100, taken 
by Dr. Avery at Greensboro, Oct. 18, 1888. 
80. STRIX VARIA ALLENI (Ridgway). 
FLORIDA BARRED OWL. 
“Common. Resident. Breeds.” (1890e). 
No. 835. Female. Greensboro. May-6, 1891. W. C. Avery. 
No. 951. Female. Greensboro. Nov. 18, 1891. W. C. Avery. 
No. 992. Female-juv. Greensboro. Sept. 7, 1892. W. C. Avery. 
81. OTUS ASIO ASIO (Linneus). 
FLORIDA SCREECH OWL”. 
The first record found of the screech owl is the journal 
entry of specimen No. 6 (old series), an adult female 
taken at Greensboro, June 3, 1876. After a description 
of the eyes, bill and nails, and a note on the stomach 
contents, “debris of beetles,” is written: ‘The screech 
owl is found in Alabama about barns and near dwelling 
houses. It builds for years in the same hollow tree.” 
The next specimen was taken just two weeks later, in 
the same locality, and under the record is appended: 
“This bird has two plumages which do not characterize 
either male or female; both being indifferently clad now 
in one, now in the other: i. e., the male may sometimes 
be found with a reddish or rufus plumage, and the female 
may sometimes have the same, sometimes the male may 
be mottled and then again the female may be mottled. 
No. 6 is an instance of a female with the rufus plumage, 
and the present specimen is a female with the mottled 
plumage.” 
*Ridgway, Birds of N. and Mid. Am., Part VI, p. 687, Wash. 1914, 
