JiiRDS OK Indiana. 809 



Eange. — Northern North America; south in winter to northern 

 border of United States, casiially to southern New England, New 

 Jersey, Ohio, Illinois and southern Montana and California. Breeds 

 from Hudson Bay territory and "Washington State throughout the 

 northern timber area. 



Idlest, of sticks, lined with feathers, in trees. Eggs, 3-4; dull white; 

 2.16 by 1.71. 



Accidental visitor in winter. From the northern part of the 

 State it has been reported by Dr. A. W. Brayton, and Mr. E. E. Quick 

 has noted it in Franklin County, where it was captured several years 

 ago. It has been reported from Ohio, Michigan and Illinois also. Its 

 home is far north. Mr. E. W. Nelson says it is a common and well- 

 known resident throughout all the wooded parts of Alaska, and thence 

 south to "Washington Territory (N. H. Coll. Alaska, p. 150). From 

 there it ranges into the Anderson River district and throughout the 

 Hudson Bay country. 



84. (jKNue NYCTALA Beehm. 



*150. (372). Nyctala acadica (Gmbl.). 



Saw-whet Owl. 

 Synonym, Acadian^wl. 



Smallest Owl of the eastern United States; no ear tufts; wing, less 

 than 6 inches; tail, less than 3.50 inches; above, brown, more or less 

 spotted with white; beneath, white, striped with reddish-brown. 



Length, 7.25-8.50; wing, 5.25-5.90; tail, 2.80-3.25. (Fisher). 



Eange. — North America eastward, from Carolinas and Kentucky 

 north to Hudson Bay. "Westward it ranges south along the moun- 

 tains to Oaxaca, Mex. Breeds from central IndiaJiii, New York and 

 Massachusetts, New Mexico and Arizona northward. 



Nest, in hollow tree, Woodpecker's hole, occasionally in open, (\v.- 

 serted nest. Eggs, 3-7; pure white; 1.19 by 1.00. 



Not uncommon resident northward; irregular winter resident south. 

 Some winters rather common locally. Oeciisionaily little parties or 

 families are found in a locality, and it is very interesting to note the 

 precision with which one will occupy a certain perch, anrl if it is taken, 

 another will take its place. In the vicinity of Chicago it seems tol- 

 erably numerous. Mr. Nelson mentions over a dozen having been 

 taken, within two years (Bull. Essex Inst., Dec, 1876, p. 117). Mr. 

 H. K. CoaJe reports from that general locality thirty specimens within 

 ten years (Eidgway, B. of I., See. 7, p. 414). Mr. B. T. Gault took a 

 specimen in a grove at Sheffield, Lake County, Indiana, .Tune 14. 



