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The Saw-whet Owl is found throughout temperate North 

 America from British Columbia and Nova Scotia south to 

 California and Virginia. 



Otus asio. AMERICAN SCREECH-OWL. 



'Strix asio Linnceus, Syst. Nat. 1758, p. 92 : Carolina or 

 Virginia. 



:Scops asio (Linn.); SJiarpe, Cat. Birds B. M. ii. 1875, p. 114; 

 B. O. U. List, 1st ed. 1883, p. 90; Sounders, Manual, 

 2nd ed. 1899, p. 308. 



An example was recorded from near Kirkstall Abbey, 

 Yorkshire, 1852 ; another from near Yarmouth, Norfolk. 

 Both had probably been imported and had escaped. 



The American Screech-Owl is found throughout temperate 

 North America from British Columbia to north Mexico ; it 

 Jias been divided into a number of subspecies. 



Order ACCIPITRIFORMES. 

 Family FALCONID^E. 



Astur atricapillus. AMERICAN GOSHAWK. 



Falco atricapillus Wilson, Am. Om. vi. 1812, p. 80: 

 Philadelphia, U.S.A. 



Astur atricapillus (Wils.); Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. i. 1874, 

 p. 97 ; B. O. U. List, 1st ed. 1883, p. 98 ; Sounders, Manual, 

 2nd ed. 1899, p. 332. 



An example was killed in Perthshire in 1869 (now in the 

 Edinburgh Museum) ; another in co. Tipperary, Feb. 1870 ; 

 and a third in King's County in 1870. 



The American Goshawk breeds in North America from 

 Alaska and Labrador to the mountains of New Mexico and 

 Pennsylvania ; it is found somewhat farther south in winter. 





