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169-375n-(-M$:$). IJiilio virgiiiianiis snbaretieus {Hoy.). Western Horned Owl. 

 Rare; "without doubt, as Mr. A. 15. Covert sayb, rare or accidental iniMichigan, 

 as it occurs in Wisconsin and Northern Illinois'' (A. W. Butler). It is possible that 

 this bird and also the Arctic Horned Owl may be taken in Northern Michigan. Coues 

 includes in No. 463 this and the sub-species arcticus. 



Genus NYCTEA Steph. 



Snowy Ow], reduced. 



170 -376-(479). Xyctea nyctea (Linn.). *Snowy Owl; White Owl. 



Common in winter; throughout the state; ten taken in December at South Haven, 

 by E. H. Lockwood (American Field Vol. XXVII); we have taken several at this 

 place; unlike other owls, it is amiable in confinement; Mr. L. W. Watkins killed one at 

 Manchester, Mich., that had pounced down on a hen in broad daylight and killed it; 

 "common in Grand Traverse county" (Dr. M. L. Leach); "Monroe county in severe 

 winters" (Jerome Trombley); "very rare in winter, one taken in St. Joseph county 

 in 1892" (A. H. Boies); "Keweenaw Point" (Kneeland); "food, mammals, birds, batra- 

 chians, fish, and molluscs " (L. S. Fisher). 



Genus SDRNIA Dumeril. 



171-377a-(480). Snrnia ulula caparoch [M all,). American Hawk Owl. 



"Rare winter visitor" (Gibbs' Birds of Michigan); Mr. A. H. Boies has taken one 

 in St. Joseph county; "south to Wisconsin" (Jordan). We have never seen this bird 

 here; "Eagle River on Keweenaw Point " (Kneeland); embraced in the lists of Dr. Sager 

 (1839), Cabot's Birds of Northern Peninsula, St. Ignace (1850), Dr. Miles (1861), and 

 Covert's Birds of Washtenaw County (1881). 



