SHORT-EARED OWL. 



145 



Table showing the results of examinations of 101 stomachs of the Long-eared Owl 

 (Asio wilsonianus) — Coutiuued. 



Locality. 



Date. 



Poultry 



or game 



birds. 



Other birds. 



Mammals. 



Miscellaueous. 



Albany County, N.T.. 

 Kensselaer County, 



N. T. 

 Gaylor(isville, Conn . . . 



Ercildoun, Pa 



LongIslaiidCity,N. T 

 Do 1 



Nov. 20, 

 May C, 



Oct. 15, 



Dec. 31, 

 Oct. 29, 

 Oct. 16, 



1887 

 1889 



1889 



1888 



Huntington, N. T Jan. 23, 1890 



,1890 



Sandv Spring, Md Mar. 14, 



■^Do do .. 



Do I Mav 9, 



Do do .. 



West Point, IST. Y ! Apr. 9, 



Do i June 23, 



Circleville, Ohio ! Deo. 7, 



Camp Verde, Ariz i Jan. 2, 



Do I Feb. 20, 



London, Ontario ! Oct. 16, 



1880 

 1880 

 1881 

 1886 

 1886 

 1890 



Selden, Suflblk County, 

 N. Y. 



Keokuk, Iowa 



, Do 



Sandy Spring, Md 



Do 



Do 



Morristown, N.J 



Hor.se Hill, N.J 



Do 



"Wa.shington, D. C 



Sandy Spring, Md . . . 



Do 



Lancaster County, Pa . 



Do 



1889 

 1890 



Do 

 Do 



May 30, 1889 



Oct. 28, 

 Nov. 7, 

 Nov. 28, 

 ...do.. 

 ....do.. 

 Oct. 22, 

 Oct. 27, 

 Nov. 5, 

 Feb. 2, 

 Dec. 31, 

 Nov. 24, 

 Dec. 16, 

 ....do.. 



1890 

 1890 

 1890 

 1891 

 1890 

 1891 

 1891 



Dec. 17, 

 Nov. 10, 



Do I Nov. 16, 



Do I Dec. 17, 



Rutland, Vt I May 23, 



1891 

 1891 

 1891 

 1891 

 1892 



Sparrows . 



Squirrel, mice.. 



Snowbird, war- 

 bler. 



Song sparrow, 2 

 other sparrows. 



2 meadow mice. 

 ...do 



2 meadow mice, 

 1 jiine mouse. 



Sparrow . 



2 meadow mice.. 

 ...do .- 



Song sparrow. 



Thrush . 



2 meadow mice, 

 1 red-backed 

 mouse. 



Meadow mouse, 

 pine mouse. 



Mouse 



4 mice 



3 meadow mice. . 

 Mouse 



....do 



3 meadow mice. . 



2 meadow mice. . 

 Meatlow mouse . . 



Tree sparrow . 



2 meadow mice. . 



2 meadow mice, 

 1 white-footed 

 mouse. 



Pine mouse 



Meadow mouse . 

 ...do 



3 meadow mice.. 

 Mouse 



Empty. 



Do. 

 Do. 

 Do. 

 Do. 

 Do. 



Do. 

 Do. 



Fragments of egg 

 shell . 



Su.MMARY. -Of 107 stomachs examined, 1 contained a game bird; 15, other birds; 84, mice; 5, other 

 mammals; 1, insects and 15 were empty. 



SHORT-EARED OWL. 



Asio accipitrinus. 

 [Plate 21— Adult.] 



The Short-eared Owl is a bird of extended distribution, ranging over 

 the greater part of both hemispheres. In Africa it has been found 

 as far south as Abyssinia in winter. It has not been recorded from 

 Australia. In a northerly direction it reaches the southern part of the 

 Arctic regions at about the 69th parallel, from whence southward it 

 probably breeds more or less commonly in favorable localities through- 

 out its range, though as a summer resident it is rare in most i^arts of 

 eastern United States. 



The food of this Owl consists largely of mice and other small mammals. 

 A number of species of insects, birds, and reptiles also may bemen- 

 7626— No. 3 10 



