BALES—PIcCKAWAY CouUNtTY, OHIO. 43 
SOME NOTES FROM PICKAWAY COUNTY, OHIO. 
BY BS Re BALES. Mi Dy CIREEE VIE, (OFLLO: 
In transcribing the following notes, it might be well to 
state for the benefit of those readers who do not reside in 
Ohio, that Pickaway County lies in the south-central portion 
of the state, and that Circleville, the county seat, is about 
thirty miles south of Columbus, the capitol. 
Barn Owl (Strix pratincola).—Since writing my article on 
this species, (Wilson Bulletin Vol. XXI, No. 1. Pp 35), I have 
observed the following instances of its occurrence here :— 
January 21st, 1909; a male that had been shot at the ice 
house, along the Ohio Canal, within the city limits, was 
brought to me. It was in good condition and had two mice 
in its stomach. January 27th, 1909; a male was found along 
a road side, seven miles north of Circleville. The bird was 
wounded in the wing and breast, and was very much emaci- 
ated. November 10th, 1909; a wounded female was found 
flapping feebly about on the ground near Stage’s Pond, five 
miles north of Circleville. It likewise was much emaciated. 
November 18th, 1909; a female that had been shot from a 
tree along Darby Creek, three miles north of Circleville, was 
brought to me. The stomach contained the remains of two 
mice: April 10th, 1910; discovered a nest in an elm tree 
along Darby Creek, three miles west of Circleville. This 
tree stands not over one hundred and fifty yards from the tree 
in which Dr. Howard Jones took the first Ohio set of this 
species. The eggs of the 1910 set were laid upon the rotted 
wood at the bottom of a cavity four feet deep and a foot and 
a half in diameter. The cavity was in the broken-off top of 
an elm tree, forty-five feet from the ground, was open at the 
top and contained five eggs, in which incubation varied from 
one-third to one-half. Both birds were in the nesting cavity 
when discovered and remained there until the climber had 
almost reached the cavity, when they emerged and flew to a 
nearby tree for a moment as if to get their bearings, when 
they flew to the tree in which the first Ohio set was taken 
