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*177. Asio wilsonianus. AMERICAN LONG-EARED OWL. 

 A not common resident. 



*178. Asio accipitrinus. SHORT-EARED OWL. Rather com- 

 mon resident. , 



*179. Syrnium nebulosum. BARRED OWL. Rather com- 

 mon resident. 



[180.] Ulula cinerea. GREAT GRAY OWL. Accidental or 

 very rare winter visitor. Recent records are Salem, Nov. 10, 

 1866 (Allen, Am. Nat, III, Jan. 1870, 570); Lynn, 1872 (Brewer, 

 Hist. N. Am. Bds., Ill, 1874, 32); Agawam, Feb. 25, 1883 (Allen, 

 Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, VIII, 1883, 123). A recent Rhode Island 

 record is Wickford, March 25, 1883 (Jencks, Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, 

 VIII, 1883, 183). (For references to some earlier records see 

 Allen, Proc. Essex Inst, IV, 1864, 81; Am. Nat., Ill, 1870, 570; 

 also Merriam, Rev. Bds. Conn., 1877, 70.) 



181. Nyctala tengmalmi riehardsoni. RICHARDSON'S 

 OWL. Rare winter visitor. Recent records of its occurrence are 

 Lynn, 1863 (Allen, Am. Nat., Ill, 1870, 646); Cambridge, Dec. 

 1865 (Maynard, Nat. Guide, 1870, 133); near Newton, Feb. 26, 

 1879 (Brewer, Proc. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist, XX, 271). It was taken 

 near Providence, R. I., during winter of 1 880-81 (Jencks, Bull. 

 Nutt Orn. Club, VI, 1881, 123), and Dec. 18, 1882 (Jencks, ibid., 

 VIII, 1883, 122); and at Hollis, N. H. (Fox, ibid., VIII, 1883, 61). 



*182. Nyctala acadica. SAW- WHET OWL. Rather common 

 and probably resident (see Deane, Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, II, 84). 

 Found breeding at Braintree, June 4, 1880, and five nearly fledged 

 young taken (Francis, Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, VI, 185). 



*183. Megascops asio. SCREECH OWL. Common resident. 



*184. Bubo virginianus. GREAT HORNED OWL. A not 

 uncommon resident. 



185. Nyctea nyctea. SNOWY OWL. A more or less regular 

 winter visitant. Very abundant during the winter of 1876-77 

 (see Deane, Bull. Nutt Orn. Club, II, 1877, 9). 



[186.] Surnia ulula caparoch. AMERICAN HAWK OWL. Very 

 rare winter visitor in most parts of the State; perhaps of rather 

 frequent occurrence in the more elevated parts of Berkshire 



1886.] 



