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101. Short-eared Owl (Asia accipitrinus). A rather common winter 

 visitor, arriving in Octol)er, and remaining until March. It may be found 

 in various open localities, including marshes, prairies, and plantations. 

 An apparently authentic record exists of the breeding of this owl in Jones 

 County, Mississippi, about 32° latitude. A discussion of the Screech Owl 

 before a group of school children elicited from one of them the information 

 that a nest containing "six little owls" had been found on the ground in 

 her father's garden. It seems not po.ssible that these could have been 

 anything but this species. 



162. Barred Owl (Syrnium nebulomm). Occurs chiefly in the colder 

 portions of the winter. 



163. Florida Barred Owl (Syrnium nebulosum alleni). An abun- 

 dant resident in all parts of the State. 



164. Saw-whet Owl (Xydala acadica). There is only one record of 

 the occurrence of this species in Louisiana known to any of the writers. 

 This bird was killed in December, 1889, near MadLsonville. 



165. Florida Screech Owl (Megascops asio floridanus). A common 

 resident in all sections of the State. 



166. Great Horned Owl {Bxibo virginianus). A resident, but not 

 common in all parts of the State; occurs rather plentifully in the pine 

 hills in the parishes north of Lake Pontchartrain. It is not very common 

 in the fertile alluvial section of the southeastern part of the State. 



167. Snowy Owl {Xyctea nyctea). The late Mr. Gustav Kohn, of 

 Paris and New Orleans, who spent a large part of his life forming a private 

 collection of the fauna of Louisiana, recorded the occurrence of this owl 

 at Baton Rouge a number of years ago. An owl said to have been of this 

 species was killed at Bayou Des Allemands during the winter of 1878- 

 1879 (Beyer). 



168. Burrowing Owl {Speotyto cunicidaria hypogwa). This bird is 

 reported as being common about Jackson, and a male collected there 

 November 24, 1898, is now in the museum of Tulane University. This 

 owl has been observed also in Plaquemine Parish by Dr. H. L. Ballowe. 



169. Carolina Paroquet (Conurus carolinensis) . There is a specimen 

 of this bird in the Tulane museum that was undoubtedly collected in 

 Louisiana, but when or where has not been determined. In localities 

 where this species might still be expected to occur, the inhabitants did not 

 know that a paroquet had ever occurred in Louisiana, and it is extremely 

 doubtful whether this species should still be considered a Louisiana bird. 



170. Ani (Crotophaga ani). The following notes, contributed by Dr. 

 H. L. Ballowe, Coroner of Plaquemine Parish, and copied almost verbatim 

 from his letter, represent almost the sum total of our knowledge of the Ani 

 in Louisiana. It has been reported occasionally from St. Bernard Parish 

 (Beyer), and once rather doubtfully from New Orleans. 



"....One killed at Diamond in midsummer, 1893 [Now in Tulane 

 University collection]. On January 29, 1906, I saw one in Buras. Got 

 Tvithin a few feet of it. Heard its note. On January 14, 1908, I saw one 



