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 Wayne Counties, it is a regular tho never very common breed- 

 er, while Mr. Simpson writes me that in Warren it is a reg- 

 ular breeder, having eggs about March 85. In Franklin, 

 Adams, Center, Huntingdon, and Clarion Counties, I have 

 observed the Barred Owls in the breeding season, tho they 

 are everywhere growing more scarce. Several years ago, Mr. 

 Harrower tells me, a set was taken near Media in the Crum 

 Creek Valley, but it is now a very rare breeder in the 

 southeastern counties. 



372. Cryptoglaux acadica acadica (Gmel . ) . Saw-whet Owl. 



Because of its very small size and retiring habits , 

 this quaint little species has long been considered one of 

 the rarest of our owls. In spite of the fact that only one 

 nest seems to have been taken in the state, the Accadian 

 Owl is a regular tho rare breeder in the mountainous, 

 wooded sections lying in the Canadian life zone. In 

 Samuel's work on "Our Northern and Eastern Birds", the 

 following account is given by Richard Christ of a nest 

 found at Nazareth. "On the 25th of April, 1867, I was so 

 fortunate as to find a nest of one of these birds. It was 

 placed in the hollow of a tree, about twenty feet from 

 the ground; the entrance to the hole was very small, 



scarcely two inches in diameter. In looking into the 



hollow, I discovered sitting on the bottom what I 



