62 THE BIRDS OF RHODE ISLAND. 



(141) 370. Scotiaptex cinereum (Gmel.). Great Gray 

 Owl. Spectral Owl. — An extremely rare winter visitant. Mr. 

 Newton Dexter writes that one was taken near Providence in 

 1870 and brought to Mr. John Hague, Taxidermist. Mr. J. M. 

 South wick records the capture of one in February 1883 (the 

 correct date being March 25, 1883) at Fox Island, near Wickford. 

 Mr. G. M. Gray purchased and mounted the bird arid it is now 

 in Mir. H. S. Hathaway's collection.^ There was also one taken 

 at Seekonk, Mass., just over the State line, about 1864, now in 

 the Brown University collection.^ 



(142) 371.. Nyctala tengmalmi richardsoni (Bonap.). 

 Richardson's Owl. Sparrow Owl. — A very rare and irregular 

 winter visitant. One was taken near Providence during the win- 

 ter of 1880-81, a male was taken probably in Seekonk, Mass., 

 December 18, 1882,' and one at Scituate during the winter of 

 1882-83, mounted by Mr. Daniel Seamans.* There is also a 

 record of one brought to Mr. Hague, Taxidermist, by a young 

 lady, taken in an old house in North Providence, January, 1881, 

 now in Brown University collection.' A small Owl' was captured 

 by a farmer in a dog kennel on a Bristol farm and was kept in 

 captivity a week or so. The bird finally died. Mr. Howe vis- 

 ited the farm a few days after and found the remains, the white 

 beak and reddish plumage made its identification almost posi- 

 tive. Mr. H. S. Hathaway writes that he has one in his collec- 

 tion that was killed in the northern part of the State several 

 years ago. 



' Southwick's List, p. 9. 



Ran. Notes, Vol. I, No. 7, p. 3. 



Allen's, Revised List Birds Mass. Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. His. Vol. I, No. 



7, P- 245- 



" Bull. Nut. Orn. Club, Vol. VIII, No. 3, p. 183. 



3Bull. Nut. Orn. Club, Vol. VI, No. 2, p. 123 and Vol. VIII, No. z, p. 

 122. 



Allen's Revised List Birds Mass. Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. His., Vol. I, No. 7, 



p. 245' 



Coues and Stearns's, New Eng. Bird Life, Part II, p. 98. 

 *Ran. Notes, Vol. II, No. 5, p. 8. 

 *0. &0., Vol. 6, No. 2, p. 14. 



