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Genus NYCTALA Bbehm. 

 165 871-(4:S2). Nyctala teiijiiiialmi richardsoiii ( jBo?ta7>.). Richardson's Owl. 

 This bird has been taken in Ohio. Illinois and Wisconsin, and it is very likely in 

 our Northern Peninsula fauna; " probably in winter" (J. A. Allen). 



!(><> ;{72-(48;5). Xyctala acadica (G-nieZ.). *Saw-whet Owl; Acadian Owl. 



Rare; found at all seasons; " rare now. but more common twenty years ago in Mon- 

 roe County" (Jerome Trombiey); ''in swamps, at Ann Arbor, rare "(Dr. J. B. Steere); 

 "not very rare in Lenawee and Hillsdale Counties" (A. H. Boies); '"KeWeenaw Point" 

 (Kneeland); breeds: nests in hollow stvunps, etc.; ''nests in Oakland County" (W. C. 

 Brownell in O. and O. Vol. XVI, p. 22); eggs four to seven; our smallest owl; I have 

 this from Washtenaw and Ingham Counties. Dr. Atkins took one at Locke, Dec. 18, 

 1882, which weighed less than two ounces; Prof. James Satterlee has taken this bird at 

 fjreenville, Montcahu County. Mr S. E. White has taken it in Allegan County, and Mr^ 

 Gilbert White has captured the downy young in Kent County: "breeds in Northern 

 Indiana" (A. W. Butler). 



(tenus MEGASCOPS Kaup. 



Screech OwJ, reduced. 



1(>7-o7.*>-(,40»">). Megascops asio (Linn.). -'Screech Owl; Mottled Owl. 



Our most common owl; "very common at Ann Arbor" (Dr. J. B. Steere); found all 

 months of the year; in summer, it whines and moans in shade trees about our houses, 

 in winter we take it in out-buildings where it remains by day: "Upper Peninsula" (A. 

 H. Boies); "Keweenaw Point" (Kneeland); breeds; nests, in May, in hollow trees; eggs 

 four to six. frequently eight, rarely nine, white, subspherical; eats insects and English 

 Sparrows; beneficial; '-food, principally mice "(Prof. Ludwig Kumlein). There are two 



