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*Asio wilsonianus (Lesson) AMERICAN LONG-EARED OWL. 
Distributed over the entire state in the wooded portions; common 
eastward, less frequent westward. Breeds throughout its range. 
*Asio accipitrinus (Pallas)—SHort-barEpD OwLt. 
Found over the whole of Nebraska where it is frequently very 
plentiful during migrations, and at times is to be met with in flocks 
of a dozen or more. Some remain over winter, and others in 
the summer—the latter breeding. A nest was found in Dodge county 
on the ground in tall dead prairie grass in April by Bruner. Several 
nesting records and numerous other records are at hand. 
*Syrnium varium (Barton)—Barrep Own. 
A not uncommon resident and breeder in the wooded districts of 
the eastern one-third of the state, but becoming rarer westward 
towards the eastern edge of Colorado and Wyoming where it seems 
to be absent. Numerous records. 
Scotiaptex nebulosa (Gmelin)—Great Gray Owt. 
A northern species which rarely reaches the state in winter. It 
"was reported once, Dec. 17, 1893, near Omaha by I. 8. Trostler. A 
mounted specimen in a saloon at Long Pine is claimed to have been 
taken in that vicinity. 
Cryptoglaux tengmalmi richardsoni (Bonaparte) —RicHaRDSoN Own. 
The authority for including this northern owl as a Nebraska bird, 
was the taking of a live bird-near Lincoln on Dec. 10, 1892, by some 
boys. It is now in the state university museum. It has been reportd 
also as of casual occurrence in Iowa and Colorado. 
*Cryptoglaux acadica (Gmelin)—Saw-wuHer Owt. 
A not rare species over the entire state, but most plentiful in winter. 
It has been found breeding at Nebraska City by M. A. Carriker, Jr.; 
is known to breed quite regularly across the river from Omaha and 
probably does on the Nebraska side also. It is reported as occuring. 
at Beatrice, Lincoln, Omaha, West Point, Neligh, Long Pine, and in 
Sioux county. 
*Megascops asio (Linnaeus)—Scrrecu Owt. 
This is our most abundant and generally distributed owl. Both 
the gray and red color phases occur in most regions, but the gray 
greatly predominates. It breeds throughout its Nebraska range. 
[373e. Megascops asio maxwellie (Ridgway)—Rocky Mountain ScrencH 
Ow.. 
While we have no definite records of the occurrence of this Rocky 
Mountain form of the Screech Owl within the state, there is little 
doubt but that it occurs in the extreme western portions of Nebraska. 
It is reported as ranging along the foothills and adjacent plains from 
Colorado to Montana.] 
