iSSS.] Bendire, the Nest a7id Eggs of Bachmati's Sfarrovj. 35^ 



69. Nyctala acadica. Saw-whet Owl. — Probably resident, — very 

 rare. The only time I ever saw any Owls of this species in Carroll County 

 was on May 8, 1883. In an old thicket near Burlington, I found six young 

 Saw-whets in a hole in a dead elm. The hole was about twenty feet from 

 the ground, and the young Owls were able to fly quite well. I have heard 

 this Owl at various times in the spring, but these are the onlj- ones seen. 



70. Megascops asio. Screech Owl. — A common resident, but ap- 

 parently more abundant some years than others. They were particularly 

 abundant in the winter of 1878-79, and again in 1884-S5. Perhaps half of 

 those taken in 187S-79 were of the red form, while nearly all those taken 

 since then were gray. A red male was caught at Burlington, January 14, 

 1 888. 



71. Bubo virginianus. Great Horned Owl. — Next to the Barred 

 Owl, our most common resident. 



72. Nyctea nyctea. Snowy Owl. — An extremely rare visitant. One 

 was taken near Camden in the winter of 1865. 



[To he continued.'] 



NOTES ON THE NEST AND EGGS OF PEUCy^A 



.^STIVALIS BACHMANI AUD., 



BACHMAN'S SPARROW. 



BY CAPT. CHAS. E. BENDIRE. 



The life history of this interesting species is still rather im- 

 perfectly known, and as far as I am aware no authentic accounts 

 of its nest and eggs are to be found in any ornithological publi- 

 cations. Even its distribution is not well defined as yet. Mr. 

 William Brewster found it abundant near Charleston, South 

 Carolina, and this seems to be the only point on the Atlantic 

 coast where it has so far been taken. It is said to breed there. 

 See Auk, Vol. II, Jan., 1885, p. 106. According to Ridgway's 

 Manual of Noi'th American Birds, its habitat is given as follows. 

 Southern Atlantic and Gulf States and lower Mississippi Valley, 

 north to North Carolina, eastern Tennessee, Kentucky, southern 

 Illinois and Indiana, west to middle northern Texas. Mr. Wm. 

 Lloyd, in his list of birds of Tom Green and Concho Counties, 

 Texas (Auk, Vol. IV, Oct., 1S87, p. 292), says: '•'■ Peuccea 

 cestivalis bachmani., Bachman's Sparrow. Summer visitor in 



