120 ANNOTATED LIST *OF 



92. Asio accipitriims (PALL.). 367. 



Short-eared Owl. 



Not uncommon spring and fall. A few taken near Utica every 

 year. 



93. Syrnmm nebulosum (FORST.). 



Barred Owl. 



A not uncommon resident. One flew against a gentleman in one 

 of the streets of the closely built part of this city, grasping his 

 clothes with its claws, was struck down with his fist and killed 

 with a stone. This may have been a wounded bird which had 

 escaped from confinement, but even if that were the case, the 

 object of the attack, if it can be so called, is a mystery. 



94. Ulula cinerea (GMEL.). 370. 



Great Gray Owl. 



" A rare straggler from the North." (Merriam.) 

 Messrs. J. P. & F. J. Davis, taxidermists, Utica, mounted a 

 specimen of * this owl, killed in the town of Marcy, in February, 



1875. 



95. Nyctala acadica (GMEL.). 372. 



Saw-whet Owl. 



This interesting little owl is not very uncommon in some parts of 

 the County. In the neighborhood of Holland Patent, seven or 

 eight individuals have been under careful surveillance this spring 

 (1886). The result of a good deal of hard work in exceedingly 

 unpleasant weather, has been the finding of four nests. The first 

 was found March 12th, at which time it contained nothing; was 

 visited again March 25th still empty. But on April 5th it con- 

 tained six eggs. Being left till the seventh, the complement was 

 found to be seven eggs. It was situated in high and dry woods of 

 hardwood timber, with a few hemlocks, about five rods from the 



