58 The Ornithology of Chester County 



mounted a specimen said to have been shot from a 

 nest in a pine, in a yard about a mile from West 

 Grove. However, the less than a dozen records of 

 capture, mostly by Warren and Fisher ; are between 

 Oct. 28 (1889) and Jan. 20 (1883). 



92. Scotiaptex cinerea Great Gray Owl. Strag- 

 gler. Dr. Warren records a specimen taken in mid- 

 winter, some time prior to 1870, by H. B. Graves, 

 (Bds. Pa., 1890, 152). 



93- Cryptoglaux acadia acadia Saw-whet Owl, 

 "little owl." Rare winter visitant, Aug. 30 (1879) 

 to Dec. ii (1913). Dr. Warren offers the follow- 

 ing records of its capture: Aug. 30, 1879; Nov. 

 10, 1883 (2); Sept. 20, 1884; two records of it 

 being found dead, a male at Berwyn, Nov. 22, 1912 

 (No. 999, coll. F. L. B.) ; and Westtown, Dec. n, 

 1913, now in Westtown Boarding School museum 

 (Thomas, Cass. xvi, 54) ; also another date for the 

 latter place, Dec. 7, 1913 (Carter, Ibid, xvii, 54), 

 and a captive by T. H. Jackson at West Chester. 



94. Otus asio asio Screech Owl, "barn owl," 

 "gray owl," "little bird owl," "little red owl," 

 "mottled owl," "red owl," "screech owl," "sparrow 

 owl." Common resident, by far the most abundant 

 and regularly distributed species of the Striges. Eggs 

 usually deposited Apr. I to 15. 



95. Bubo virginianus virginianius Great Horned 

 Owl, "boofer," "booby owl," "cat owl," "chicken 

 owl," "hooter," "hoot owl," "woomer." Resident, 

 rather rare and local in the eastern part of the county 

 within the past few years where it was formerly 

 common. I have no record of it ever having nested 



