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COLAPTES MEXICANUS, Sw. 



Eed-shafted Woodpecker; Mexican FlicTcer. 

 This woodpecker is occasionally seen in Nebraska, but is not abundant. In August 

 of tbis year I saw a few on the Niobrara River, and also in Richardson County, in the 

 southeastern part of the State. A single one that was sent to me to identify in June 

 of this year from near Nebraska City had 18 locusts and 31 other insects in its stomach. 

 I failed to get any others. 



Order RAPTORES : Birds op Prey. 



Family STRIGIDiE : Owls. 



StRIX FLAMMEA AMERICANA, (Aud.) Schl. 



Ametncan Barn Owl. 



Only occasionally found in Nebraska, but breeds here. It is probably an innocent 

 bird ; at least, the only three specimens that I obtained for dissection had only insects 

 and mice in them, as follows : 



1 



a 



.T,ocality. 



Date. 



•IH 



1 



1 

 O 



Other matter. 



1 



2 

 3 





Aug. — , 1867 

 July — , 1868 

 June — , 1872 



39 



22 

 55 

 40 



Part of a mouse. 

 Part of a mouse. 



Dakota County, ISTebraska . . 



Lancaster County, liTebraska 









Bubo virginianus, (Gm.) Bp. 



Great Horned Owl. 



A single specimen of this bird that I dissected contained the remains of a gopher 

 and about 30 insects. This was in Dakota County, in July, 1869. 



Scops asio, (Linn.) Bp. 

 Hed Owl; Mottled Oivl; Screech Owl. 



Often met with in the wooded portions of Nebraska, where it breeds, 

 an insect-eating bird, as the following dissections show : 



It is largely 



Locality. 



Date. 



PI 



to 









o 



w-g 



.a 



!i a 



n 



o to 



1 



^ 



^ 



47 



12 



32 



8 



41 



22 





09 

 38 

 67 

 16 







50 



49 



15 



Cedar County, N"ebra8ka 



do 



do • 



Dakota County, Nebraska — 

 do 



Seward County, Nebraska . . . 

 Nemaha County, Nebraska . . . 

 Lancaster County, Nebraska. 



Sept. — , 1867 

 do ... . 



June — , 1868 

 July — , 1869 

 Aug. — , 1870 



Sept. — , 1872 

 Sept. — , 1874 

 June — , 1875 



Small bird. 



Mouse. 

 Mouse. 



Otus vulgaris wilsonianus, (Less.) Allen. 



American Long-eared Owl. 



I obtained but one specimen of this owl during thirteen years' residence in Nebraska, 

 and here it must be rare. This one, captured in July, 1865, in Dakota County, had a 

 few insects and part of a rabbit in its stomach. 



Brachyotus palustris, (Bechst.) Gould. 



Short-eared Oicl. 



This owl is frequently seen on the borders of the Missouri bottoms in Nebraska. I 

 found one nest in a burrow on the side of a bluff in Dixon County. One that I ob- 



