308 TRANSACTIONS OF THE [1895 
Resler) one was taken alive, and on March 4 (’94, Tyler and 
Fisher) another was taken alive at Bird River. The records 
of the Maryland Academy of Sciences show one presented on 
May 15 (’79), possibly a mounted specimen. 
Quite a number are recorded from the District of Columbia 
and adjoining portions of Maryland. F. W. Webster notes 
eight obtained early in October in different years (Auk, iv, 161). 
One taken on November 1 (’78); one on February 12 (’59), and 
one on March 12 (’89) (C. W. Richmond, Auk, vi, 189). One 
on December 12 (’90) ; three on January 4 (’91), and one taken 
alive in the Smithsonian on February 4 or 5 (’91) (E. M. Has- 
brouck, Auk, viii, 313); one on November 1 (89) (Fisher’s 
Hawks and Owls, 162), and another at Ivy City, on December 
3 (89) (W. A. Merritt, Oologist, viii, 313). 
Megascops asio (373). Screech Owl. 
Common resident and generally dispersed, but more often 
heard than seen. I have heard them all through winter at 
Waverly, Baltimore City, where on January 16, ’92, at 7.30 
P. M. one was “laughing” as merrily as in June, though there 
was 6 inches of snow on the ground. Nesting dates range 
from April 4 (’92), 4 fresh eggs, to June 4 (’93), 3 birds just 
hatched, while on July 24 (93) young nearly grown were stil] 
being fed by the parents. Sets are 2 of 2, 5 of 3, 9 of 4, and 
3 of 5. As far as I know the gray and red phases of plumage 
are about equal round Baltimore. 
Bubo virginianus (375). Great Horned Owl. 
Common resident, but most numerous in heavily wooded 
sections of the state, especially in tidewater Maryland. On 
February 11 (94, Tylor) two fresh eggs were taken on the 
Virginia side of the Potomac, near Alexandria. On February 
25 (’95, Tylor), two eggs, one-third inculated, at Magnolia. 
On April 2 (93), one bird about 2 weeks old at Bush River, 
and on April 12 (’93, A. Wolle), 2 eggs “down the necks.” 
