112 MEMOIRS OF THE NUTTALL ORNITHOLOGICAL CLUB 



167 [371] Cryptoglaux funerea richardsoni (Bonap.). 

 Richardson's Owl. 



Irregular and very rare winter visitor. 



Mr. Damsell* has added two more records to the previous seven for this owl 

 for the County. One was taken February 25, 1889, the other on January 5, 1903, 

 both in the vicinity of Amesbury. 



168 [372] Cryptoglaux acadica acadica (Gmel.). 

 Saw-whet Owl; Acadian Owl. 



Rare winter visitor, possibly resident. September 20 to April 4. 



A note, overlooked in the original Memoir, from Baird, Brewer and Ridg- 

 way- is as follows : " On one occasion I found one of these birds in April, at 

 Nahant. It was apparently migrating, and had sought shelter in the rocky cliffs 

 of that peninsula. It was greatly bewildered by the light, and was several times 

 almost on the point of being captured by hand." 



On April 20, 1912, Mrs. Edmund Bridge found the wings and tail of this bird 

 in the Ipswich dunes. 



Mr. H. W. Wright saw an Acadian Owl at Pine Grove Cemetery, Lynn, on 

 December 20, 1905, and another on April 4, 1906, in the center of Marble- 

 head Neck. 



169 [373] Otus asio asio (Linn.). 



Screech Owl. 

 Common permanent resident. 



Eggs: April 15 to May 5. 



170 [375] Bubo virginianus virginianus (Gmel.). 



Great Horned Owl. 



Not uncommon permanent resident. 



Eggs: March to April 20. 



In the latter part of December, 1918, the great Crow roost at Castle Hill, 

 Ipswich, temporarily ceased to be, the Crows going elsewhere. On February 16, 



1 Allen, G. M. Auk, vol. 30, p. 25, 1913. 

 = Land Birds, vol. 3, p. 46, 1874. 



