372. Cryptoglaux acadica 
SAW=WHET OWL. 8 inches 
Adult. Above brown, wings and tail barred and spotted with 
white. Below white, heavily striped and marked with reddish 
brown; facial disk brownish; xo ear-tufts; 
feet and legs feathered. It spends the day 
perched on a bough in the thick woods or in 
a hole in a tree; soon after dark it hunts 
for its food of mice andinsects. Itis also 
called Acadian Owl. 
Note. “Like the whetting of a saw, also 
a moaning cry.” 
Nest. Often in an old flicker’s hole. 
Breeds... Sparingly insouthern New England, 
northern part. 
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