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GENUS NYCTALA BBEHM. 



1 (55-87 1-(482). Nyetala teiigmalmi richardsoni (Bonap.). RICHARDSON'S OWL. 

 This bird has been taken in Ohio, Illinois and Wisconsin, and it is very likely in 

 our Northern Peninsula fauna; ' probably in winter " (J. A. Allen). 



l<M>-:*72-(48:5). Nyetala acadica (GmeL). *SAW-WHET OWL; ACADIAN OWL. 



Rare; found at all seasons; "rare now, but more common twenty years ago in Mon- 

 roe County'' (Jerome Trombley); "in swamps, at Ann Arbor, rare "(Dr. J. B. Steere); 

 "not very rare in Lenawee and Hillsdale Counties" (A. H. Boies); "Keweenaw Point" 

 (Kneeland); breeds; nests in hollow stumps, etc.; " nests in Oakland County " (W. C. 

 Brownell in O. and O. Vol. XVI, p. 22); eggs four to seven; our smallest owl; I have 

 this from Washtenaw and Ingham Counties. Dr. Atkins took one at Locke*. Dec. 18, 

 1882, which weighed less than two ounces; Prof. James Satterlee has taken this bird at 

 Greenville, Montcaim County, Mr S. E. White has taken it in Allegan County, and Mr. 

 Gilbert White has captured the downy young in Kent County; " breeds in Northern 

 Indiana" (A. W. Butler). 



GENUS MEGASCOPS KAUP. 



Screech Owl, reduced. 



H>7-'7.'5-(465). Megascops asio (Linn.). *SCREECH OWL; MOTTLED OWL. 



Our most common owl; "very common at Ann Arbor" (Dr. J. B. Steere); found all 

 months of the year; in summer, it whines and moans in shade trees about our houses, 

 in winter* we take it in out-buildings where it remains by day; "Upper Peninsula" (A. 

 H. Boies); "Keweenaw Point" (Kneeland); breeds; nests, in May, in hollow trees; eggs 

 four to six, frequently eight, rarely nine, white, subspherical; eats insects and English 

 Sparrows; beneficial; "food, principally mice "(Prof. Ludwig Kumlein). There are two 



