308 TRANSACTIONS OF THE [1895 



Resler) one was taken alive, and on March 4 ('94, Tyler and 

 Fisher) another was taken alive at Bird River. The records 

 of the Maryland Academy of Sciences show one presented on 

 May 15 (79), possibly a mounted specimen. 



Quite a number are recorded from the District of Columbia 

 and adjoining portions of Maryland. F. W. Webster notes 

 eight obtained early in October in different years (Auk, iv, 161). 

 One taken on November 1 ('78) ; one on February 12 ('59), and 

 one on March 12 ('89) (C. W. Richmond, Auk, vi, 189). One 

 on December 12 ('90) ; three on January 4 ( J 91), and one taken 

 alive in the Smithsonian' on February 4 or 5 ('91) (E. M. Has- 

 brouck, Auk, viii, 313); one on November 1 ('89) (Fisher's 

 Hawks and Owls, 162), and another at Ivy City, on December 

 3 ('89) (W. A. Merritt, Oologist, viii, 313). 



Megascops asio (373). Screech Owl. 



Common resident and generally dispersed, but more often 

 heard than seen. I have heard them all through winter at 

 Waverly, Baltimore City, where on January 16, '92, at 7.30 

 P. M. one was "laughing" as merrily as in June, though there 

 was 6 inches of snow on the ground. Nesting dates range 

 from April 4 ('92), 4 fresh eggs, to June 4 ('93), 3 birds just 

 hatched, while on July 24 ('93) young nearly grown were still 

 being fed by the parents. Sets are 2 of 2, 5 of 3, 9 of 4, and 

 3 of 5. As far as I know the gray and red phases of plumage 

 are about equal round Baltimore. 



Bubo virginianus (375). Great Horned Owl. 



Common resident, but most numerous in heavily wooded 

 sections of the state, especially in tidewater Maryland. On 

 February 11 (94, Tylor) two fresh eggs were taken on the 

 Virginia side of the Potomac, near Alexandria. On February 

 25 ('95, Tylor), two eggs, one-third inculated, at Magnolia. 

 On April 2 ('93), one bird about 2 weeks old at Bush River, 

 and on April 12 ('93, A. Wolle), 2 eggs "down the necks." ' 



