170. I*anclion haliaettis carol hi ens is (Gmel.). 



Osprey. Fish Hawk. 



Breeding Range — Temperate and tropical America, to Hudson Bay. 

 Winter Distribution — Coasts of Atlantic States, southward. 



Summer resident all along the New Jersey coast, being most 

 plentiful in Ocean and Cape May counties. Arrives March 20 and 

 departs by the middle of October, though most have left by the end 

 of September. 



In Pennsylvania it is mainly seen during migrations, but breeds 

 along the lower Delaware and Susquehanna rivers, and occasionally 

 on smaller inland streams, one pair having been found breeding near 

 Chadd's Ford, Delaware county, on the Brandywine creek ( W^ar- 

 reii's Report). 



Family Strigidae.— The Barn Owls. 



Only one species occurs in North America. 



171. Sh'fxj^ratifwola Bo^AP. Barn Owl. 



Breeding Range — Southern U. S., not ranging above the Carolinian 



Fauna. 

 Winter Distribution — The same. 



Resident, but does not occur north of the Carolinian Fauna, ex- 

 cept as a straggler. Breeds regularly in suitable places in southern 

 l*ennsylvania and New Jersey, being especially common at all sea- 

 sons on the Delaware meadows below Philadelphia. One was re- 

 corded as far north as Englewood, N. J., August 26, 1886, by Mr. F. 

 M. Chapman ^Auk, 1886, p. 485). 



Family Bubonidae— The Horned Owls, etc. 



Nine species of this family occur in Pennsylvania and New Jersey. 

 The Long-eared, Short-eared, Barred, Screech and Great Horned 

 Owls are residents, though all of them are more common in winter. 

 Tlie other species are all visitors from farther north, the Acadian 

 Owl being of the most regular occurrence. 



