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i8i. Scotiaptex cinerea (Gmel.}. GREAT GRAY OWL. (370.) 

 Breeds from Hudson Bay northward, and wanders southward in 

 winter to the northern border of the United States. An individual 

 shot near Mendham, N. J., is the only one which has been recorded 

 from near New York City. (Thurber^ True .Democratic Banner, 

 newspaper, Morristown, N. J., Nov. 10, 1887.) 



*l82. Nyctala acadica (Gmel}. SAW-WHET OWL, (372.)-- 

 Breeds from northern New York northward, and migrates south- 

 ward in winter as far as Virginia. With us a regular, and, in some 

 localities, a not uncommon winter resident. 



*i83. Megascops asio (Linn.). SCREECH OWL (373.) - 

 Eastern North America, northward to New Brunswick and Minne- 

 sota ; generally resident throughout its range. The Screech Owl 

 is the commonest and best known of our Owls. (See Group, main 

 floor, between Cases L and M.) 



184. Bubo virginianus (Gmel.). GREAT HORNED OWL. 

 (375-) Eastern North America, northward to Labrador and south- 

 ward to Costa Rica ; resident throughout its range. With us a 

 rather rare resident. This is the only one of our Owls which 

 habitually preys upon poultry ; the others feed almost exclusively 

 on small field-mice and shrews. 



*i85. Nyctea nyctea (Linn.). SNOWY OWL. (376.) Breeds 

 from Labrador northward and wanders southward in winter regu- 

 larly to the northern United States and occasionally to Texas. It 

 is here an irregular winter visitant, sometimes occurring in con- 

 siderable numbers. 



186. Surnia ulula caparoch (M'tlll). HAWK OWL. (3770.) 



Breeds from Newfoundland northward, and occasionally wanders 

 southward in winter as far as Pennsylvania. There is apparently 

 but one record of its capture in this vicinity, that of a specimen 

 shot near Bay Ridge, L. I. (Dutcher, Auk, X, 1893, p. 275). 



