AVES. Ill 



RAPTORES. STRIGES. 



STRIGIDAE. 



Wooded country; nests in holes in trees. 



Me. — Winter visitor of irregular abundance. (Sept.) Nov. 30- 

 Mar. 16. 



N. H. — Rare winter visitor. Dec. 15-Mar. 1. 



Vt. — Rare winter visitor. 



Mass. — Rare winter visitor. Nov. 26-Mar. 



R. I. — Rare winter visitor (four records). Dec. 18. 



Conn. — Rare winter visitor: East Windsor, 1859. 



211. Glaux acadicus (Gmelin) A. O. U. comm. 

 Saw-whet owl; Acadian owl; Little owl. 



Strix acadica Gmel., Syst. nat., 1788, vol. 1, pt. 1, p. 296. "in 

 America septentrionali." 



Nyctala acadica (Gmel.). Chapman, Handb. birds east. No. 

 Amer., 1895, p. 217. 



Ulula acadica (Gmel.). Audubon, Birds of Amer., 1840, vol. 1, 

 p. 123, pi. 33. Egg, Bendire, 1892, vol. 1, pi. 12, fig. 7. 



Dense woods; nests in old woodpecker holes or cavities of trees. 



Me., N. H.- — - Uncommon resident. Eggs, April 6. 



Vt. — Uncommon resident, mainly in northern part. 



Mass. — Uncommon resident, breeding locally. Eggs, April 4- 

 May 1 (July 3). 



R. I. — Uncommon winter visitor; may breed rarely. Nov.- 

 Feb. 



Conn. — Rare resident, 



212. Otus asio (Linne) Stone. 



Screech owl; Cat owl; Little homed owl; Mottled owl; Red 

 owl. 



Strix asio Linne, Syst. nat., ed. 10, 1758, vol. 1, p. 92. "Amer- 

 ica." 



