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172. Asio tvil.<ionianus (Less.). Long-eared Owl. 



Breedixci Range — Temperate N. A. 

 Winter Distribution — The same. 



Resident, but apparently not very common. It is most numerous 

 in winter, when it sometimes occurs in colonies of considerable 

 numbers. 



Dr. W. E. Hiijrlies has taken a nest with eggs near Valley Forge, 

 Pa., and ]\Ir. Thos. H. Jackson found another in Ciiester county, 

 April 15, l.iTU (0. ^ 0., 1886). 



173. Asio accipitrinus (Pall.). Short-eared Owl. 



Breeding Range — Nearly cosmopolitan. 

 Winter Distribution — The same. 



Resident in suitable places, though much more common in winter, 

 when it v'^ometimes occurs in large colonies. Mr. AV, E. D. Scott 

 records one of these occurrences in the winter of 1878—9, when some 

 200 of these birds occupied a field covered with dry grass near Har- 

 lingen, N. J., from November to January. Mr. Josiah Hoopes 

 reports similar colonies in his nursuries at West Chester, Pa., about 

 18G6, and again in tiie winter of 1890-1. 



A nest of this species was found by Mr. W. E. D. Scott on tlie 

 marshes at Long Beach, N. J., June 28, 1878 {B. N. 0. C, 1879). 



174. SyrniuninebulosmniFon^v.). Barred Owl. 



Breeding Rancje — Eastern N. A., southern Canada to Georgia. 

 Winter Distribution — About the same. 



Rare winter visitant in the vicinity of Philadelphia, though more 

 common in the wilder parts of the country. It is said to breed in 

 the mountain forests and perhaps also in the New Jersey Pine Barrens. 



176. Scotiaptex cinerea (Gmel.). Great Gray Owl. 



Breeding Range — Extreme northern parts of N. A. 

 Winter Distribution — Southward to northern U. S. 



Very rare winter visitant. Dr. C. C. Abbott states that one was 

 taken in Sussex county, N. J., December, 1859 (Birds of N. J.), 

 and Dr. Warren records one taken in Chester county. Pa., in mid- 

 winter by ]\Ir. H. B. Graves, and one found dead in the mountains of 

 Lackawanna county, Pa., by Mr. J. F. Everhart. 



