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town, Jvine 2, 1900, 4 eggs, May H, 1901, 3 eggs. May 10, 1902, 4 eggs, and May 



13, 1903, 6 eggs (Silloway, 1903a, pp. 33-34) ; Stevensville, Ravalli County, April 



14, 1912, 2 eggs (Bailey, MS); Collins, Teton County, May 18, 1917, 5 eggs 

 (.DiiBois, MS). 



Records in the mountains: Deer Lodge County. 7000 feet, August 27, 1909, 

 and Honiestake, Jefferson (Jounty, 5800 feet, June 25. 1910 (Saunders, 1912a, 

 1). 25) ; Red Eagle Lake, Glacier National Park, August 9, 1914. 



128. Asio flammeus ( Pontnpitidan) 



Short-e.\red Owl 



A regular permanent resident throughout the state in tlie mountain valleys 

 and on tlie prairies. Quite common in many places. Most observers record this 

 spei-ics. It nests in most localities where it is found, but is not recorded nesting 

 in the extreme eastern part of the state. Cameron reported it fi'oin that section 

 as an ei'ratic winter visitor, though other ol)servers have found it there in sum- 

 mer. 



Xi'sting records: Great F<dls, June 13, 1SS9, 6 eggs, incubation advanced 

 ( I'.cndii'e, 1892, p. 334): Lewistown, Jiuie. 1907, 8 eggs (Silloway, 19(il). i)p. 

 .S9-90); Choteau, 9 young, June 1(1, 1912, and later (Saunders, 1913c, pp. 121- 

 125) ; Bitterroot Valley, 6 eggs, Api'il 14, 1912, and 3 eggs, April 3, 1913 (Bai 

 ley, jrS). Also reported to nest in tlie Gallatin and Deer Lodge valleys (Saun- 

 dcj's, 1911a, p. 37. and 1912a, p. 26). 



129. Strix varia varia Barton 



])AHKi<:n Owl 



A rare permanent resident in the eastern part of tlie state. There are bat 

 three records, all east of the continental divide and in the southern half of the 

 state. Yellowstone and Mussellshell rivers (Allen, 1874, p. 64) ; Gallatin Count.y, 

 one seen August 5, 1909 (Saundei's. Ifilla. |). 37); two talvcn at Billings 

 (Thomas, MS). 



130. Scotiaptex nebulosa nebulosa (J. R. Forster) 



Great Gr.\y Owl 



A winter visitor, mainly in the northwestern part of the state, but with 

 one oi- two scattering records to indicate that it may occur rarely anywhere. 

 Several mounted specimens are in the collection of II. P. Stanford, at KalispelJ, 

 taken in that vicinity (Saunders, 1915b, p. 115). A specimen from Columbia 

 Falls, December 24, 1900, taken by E. S. Bryant, is in the collection of Dr. L. B. 

 Bishop. Has been taken in the Bitterroot Valley nearly every wintei-, one on 

 December 31, 1910, and another December 2, 1911 (Bailey, MS). On(» taken at 

 Billings in the winter of 1917-18, and one seen on Buffalo-horn Creek in the 

 West Gallatin country in November, 1916 (Thomas. ilS). 



