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Genus NYCTALA Beehm. 

 165-37 1(482). Jfyctala tengmalmi richardsoni ( Bonap.). Richardson's Owl. 

 This bird has been taken in Ohio, Illinois and Wisconsin, and it is Very likely in 

 our Northern Peninsula fauna; " probably in winter" (J. A. Allen). 



166-372-(48.'J). Nyctala acadica {Omel). *Saw-whet Owl; Acadian Owl. 



Rare; found at all seasons; "rare now, but more common twenty years ago in Mon- 

 roe County" (Jerome Trombiey); "in swamps, at Ann Arbor, rare "(Dr. J. B. Steere); 

 "not very rare in Lenawee and Hillsdale Counties" (A. H. Boies); "Keweenaw Point" 

 (Kneeland); breeds; nests in hollow stumps, etc.; " nests in Oakland County " (W. C. 

 Brownell in O. and O. Vol. XVI, p. 22); eggs four to seven; our smallest owl; I have 

 this from Washtenaw and Ingham Counties. Dr. Atkins took one at Locke, Dec. 18, 

 1882, which weighed less than two ounces; Prof. James Satterlee has taken this bird at 

 Greenville, Montcalm County. Mr S. E. White has taken it in Allegan County, and Mr # 

 Gilbert White has captured the downy young in Kent County; " breeds in Northern 

 Indiana" (A. W. Butler). 



Genus MEGASCOPS Kacp. 



Screech Owl, reduced. 



167-373-(465). Megascops asio (Linn.). *Sckeech Owl; Mottled Owl. 



Our most common owl; "very common at Ann Arbor" (Dr. J. B. Steere); found all 

 months of the year; in summer, it whines and moans in shade trees about our houses, 

 in winter we take it in out-buildings where it remains by day; "Upper Peninsula" (A. 

 H. Boies); "Keweenaw Point"' (Kneeland); breeds; nests, in May, in hollow trees; eggs 

 four to six, frequently eight, rarely nine, white, subspherical; eats insects and English 

 Sparrows; beneficial; " food, principally mice " (Prof. Ludwig Kumlein). There are two 



