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The Saw-whet Owl is found throughout teinpei-ate North 

 America from British Columbia and Nova Scotia south to 

 California and Virginia. 



Otus asio. American Sceeech-Owl. 



Strix asio Lbmceus, Syst. Nat. 1758, p, 92 : Carolina or 



Virginia. 



Scops asio (Linn.) ; Sharjpe, Cat. Birds B. JL ii. lS7o, p. 114 ; 

 B. O. TJ. List, 1st ed. 1883, p. 90; Saunders, Manual, 

 2nd ed. 1899, p. 308. 



An example was recorded from near Kirkstall Abbey, 

 Yorkshire, 1852 ; another from near Yarmouth, Norfolk. 

 Both had probably been imported and had escaped. 



The American Screech-Owl is found throughout temperate 

 North America from British Columbia to north Mexico ; it 

 .has been divided into a number of subspecies. 



Order ACCIPITRIFORMES. 



Family FALCONlDJi. 



Astur atricapillus. Ameuican Goshawk. 



FalCO atricapillus Wilson, Am. Orn. vi. 1812, p. 80 : 

 Philadelphia, U.S.A. 



Astur atricapillus (Wih.); Sharjje, Cat. Birds B. 21. i. 1874, 

 p. 97 ; B. 0. U. List, 1st ed. 1883, p. 98 ; Saunders, Manual, 

 2nd ed. 1899, p. 332. 



An example was killed in Perthshire in 1869 (now in the 

 Edinburgh Museum) ; another in co. Tipperary, Feb. 1870 ; 

 and a third in King's County in 1870. 



The American Goshawk breeds in North America from 

 Alaska and Labrador to the mountains of New Mexico and 

 Pennsylvania ; it is found somewhat farther south in winter. 



