PLATE I. ACADIAN OWL. SAW-WHET OWL. 



Nyclala acadica. 



Above reddish-brown spotted with white ; beneath grayish-white 

 splashed with brown ; much white on throat and neck ; tail somewhat 

 barred ; iris yellow ; bill and claws, dark. Length, 8 inches. 



Resident.* The smallest of our Owls, and, though from its shyness not frequently 

 seen, not an uncommon bird. It nests in hollow trees or stumps, or in holes in rocks. 

 Audubon says: "The sound of its love-notes bears a great resemblance to the noise pro- 

 duced by filing the teeth of a large -saw. " It is this similarity which has gained the bird 

 its common name Saw-whet. 



* It is believed that no individual bird inhabits permanently, that is throughout the year, any one locality, but 

 that all birds are migratory. Some species, as the American Goldfinch, the Chickadee and the Hairy, and Downy 

 Woodpeckers, usually have representatives here at all seasons. But the individuals seen in Winter have spent the 



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