MIKMS 



SO.') 



l, on ground iji marsh, meadow or prairie, of ^TJISS and slicks. 

 Eggs, 4-7; white or creamy white; 1.59 by 1.33. 



Eesident in some numbers northward; elsewhere irregular winter 

 resident in varying numbers. Some winters not seen. Occasionally 

 very abundant. 



Short-eared Owl. 

 (Merriam. Annual Kept. U. S. Department of Agriculture, 1888, p. 496.) 



Their original home was the prairie. Therefore, we may expect to 

 find it most often in the area of original prairie land. It seems to pre- 

 fer the long, rank grass about marshes, and in such localities it breeds. 

 About May 6, 1890, two nests of the Short-eared Owl were found at 

 English Lake. They were built in large grass tussocks in the open 

 meadow. One contained three young and two eggs; the other, three 

 eggs (Deane). Since the forest area has so largely given place to 

 meadow, pasture and small grain, where prairie animals and insects 



