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but breeds near the lake'* (Jerome Trombley); throughout the entire state; bird and 

 young taken at the college in 18C8; taken by Dr. Atkins at Locke, April 5, 1872;" occa- 

 sional in the northern counties about the inland lakes" (C. E. Davis); "only seen at 

 Plymouth in fall and winter, saw three at one time on an apple tree. February, 1892" 

 (J. B. Purdy); in manuscript list ot Fox; "common on Mackinac Island, several seen 

 every day" (S. E. White): "common at Les Cheneaux Islands" (E. B. Boise); "Iron 

 Mountain" (E. E. Brewster); ''Keweenaw Point" (Kneeland); breeds; nests in trees, on 

 the ground, on rocks, etc.; nests often very bulky; eggs two to four; food flsh. 



Suborder STEIGES. Owls. 



Family STRIGID.^. Barn Owls. 



Feed on rats, mice, insects and birds; very valuable. 



(iENUs STRIX Linn. 



1<>0~;5(J5-(4(>1). Strix pi'atiiicola Bonap. American Barn Ow'l. 



" Rather rare, resident " (Gibls' Birds of Michigan); we have never seen it here; 

 Dr. J. B. Steere informs me that the same is true at Ann Arbor; ''Sault Ste. Marie" 

 (Chas. Bendire. Smithsonian Contribution to Knowledge, Vol. XXVIII. p. 32.")); one 

 Michigan specimen reported in the catalogue of the Kent Scientific Institute by E. L. 

 M<;seley, who writes me that though common at Sandusky, Ohio, they are exceedingly 

 rare in Michigan; recorded by A. H. Boies in 187.'). A. B. Covert in 1878 and by Dr. M. 

 Gibbs in 1879: "has been known to breed in Tipi)ecanoe and Clinton counties. Ind,." 

 (A.W.Butler). 



Family BUBONID/E. Common Owls. 



Nocturnal birds of jjrey; feed on i-ats. mice, insects and birds; do great good. 

 Elaborate investigations by government experts prove them to be exceedingly valua- 

 ble. See "Hawks and Owls of the United States in Relation to Agriculture." by Dr. 

 A. K. Fisher, Department of Agriculture, Washington, 1893. Eggs, like those of hawks, 

 short and spherical. "All owls, with the ])Ossible exception of the great horned owl, 

 and nearly all hawks should be protected by law "" (J. B. Purdy). 



Genus ASIO Beiss. 



Raptorial foot of an Owl. 



