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ascertained. As a transient visitant it is sometimes seen in 

 April and in fall from the middle of September to the first of 

 November, rarely later (November 12, 1894, Keokuk, Currier). 

 A perfectly white Albino Osprey was killed on the Mississippi 

 River near Quincy and is in the fine collection of Mr. Slinger- 

 land of that city. 



Suborder Striges. Owls. 

 Family Strigidae. Barn Owls. 

 *365. Strix pratincola Bonap. American Barn Owl. 



Strix americana. Strix flammea. Vlula flammed. Strix flammea ameri- 

 cana. Strix flammea pratincola. Monkey-faced Owl. 



Geog. Dist. — Mexico and United States, north to lat. 41° in 

 the Eastern States, to 46° on the Pacific coast; rarely to New 

 England, Ontario, Michigan, Wisconsin and Minnesota. Said 

 to leave the Northern States in winter; non-migratory south- 

 ward. 



In Missouri a rather rare resident, possibly not as rare as for- 

 merly and spreading. At present found only in the northern 

 and western prairie, and in the Ozark border regions, but not 

 in the Ozarks and southeast, which are too densely wooded to 

 suit this friend of the open land. According to Mr. H. Nehrling, 

 the species was a fairly common breeder in the vicinity of Pierce 

 City, Lawrence Co., as long ago as from 1882 to 1887. Eggs 

 have been collected at Independence by Mr. Sheley and at 

 Montgomery City by Mr. Parker. Its occurrence in Clark Co. 

 is demonstrated by MM. Praeger and Currier, and at Warsaw, 

 opposite Alexandria, by Mr. Worthen. Several specimens have 

 been captured in the vicinity of St. Louis, some of which found 

 their way into collections. 



Family Bubonidae. Horned Owls, etc. 

 *366. Asio wilsonianus (Less.). American Long-eared Owl. 



Otus wilsonianus. Otus americanus. Strix otus. Vlula otus. Otus vul- 

 garis var. wilsonianus. 



Geog. Dist. — From the tablelands of Mexico throughout the 

 United States and in the British Possessions as far north as the 

 forests extend. Breeds throughout its range and winters from 

 British Columbia and northern United States southward. 



