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Canton, Salem county, May 9th, 1905, found by W. B. Crispin ; one 

 at Long Beach, June 28th, 1878, by W. E. D. Scott, and another set 

 of eggs in Mrs. Drown's collection from Beach Haven. 



Dr. Abbott states, in his Birds of Mercer County, that he has fre- 

 quently found this species "breeding in hollow trees near Trenton." 1 

 This remarkable statement must surely refer to the Barn Owl, es- 

 pecially as Dr. Abbott says later, "nests usually on the ground, in one 

 instance I found the nest in a huge hollow of an old maple." 2 



368 Strix varia Barton. 

 Barred Owl. 



Adults. Length, 20-24. Wing, 13-14. Grayish-brown above barred with 

 white ; face, gray, with dusky concentric rings ; below, dull grayish-white ; 

 barred on breast ; striped on abdomen with brown ; bill, yellow ; eyes, dark 

 brown. 



Nest usually in hollow trees ; eggs, two to four, white, 1.95 x 1.65. 



Resident and apparently rather more plentiful in the northern part 

 of the State. 



A number of nests have been taken about Summit by Messrs. Hann 

 and Callender, and nests are found at Plainneld (Miller), 3 Mont- 

 clair (Green) 4 and Newton, Sussex county (Phillip). 



At Princeton three nests have been found, 5 and at Salem Mr. AV. 

 W. Justice, Jr., got a nest in April, 1897, 6 while Mr. C. S. Shick 

 records a pair of birds on Seven Mile Beach, May 10th, 1890, which 

 were probably breeding. 7 



In Camden county I have seen it most frequently in winter. 



1 Naturalist's Rambles About Home, p. 468. Cf. also, comment in Auk, 1885, 

 p. 87. 



2 Birds About Us, p. 180. 



3 Bird Lore, 1907, p. 173. 

 * Oologist, 1893, p. 230. 



5 Babson, Birds of Princeton, p. 51. 



6 Abst. Proc. D. V. O. C., II., p. 24. 



7 Auk, 1890, p. 328. 



