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189. Cryptoglaux acadica (Gmel.) . Acadian Owl. 



An irregular, uncommon winter visitant, and rare local summer 

 resident. It has been found to breed at Braintree, Dunstable, 

 Pleasant Lake on Cape Cod, Plymouth County, Tyngsboro, Ware- 

 ham and Winchester.* 



Amherst: One instance, October. Berkshire: "Rare, cliiefly as a win- 

 ter visitant. A few without doubt breed." Bristol County : " Rare, and 

 irregular winter visitor.'' Brookline : " Uncommon winter visitant." 

 Cambridge: Not uncommon winter visitant. Dedham : "Rare." 



Essex County : "Resident. Rare." Springfield: "Rather uncommon 

 winter visitor ; probabl}' breeds here occasionally." Templeton : "Rare 

 winter visitor." Wellesley : " Scarce fall and winter visitant, .... per- 

 haps rarely resident. 



190. Surnia ulula caparoch (Jiliill.). American Hawk 

 Owl. 



A very rare and irregular winter visitant from the north. The 

 records are : Williamstown, one taken prior to 1858 ; ^ Framing- 

 /4a»«, one taken, January i860;'' jYatu-A', one shot atsout 1862:3 

 Roxbury^ one taken in 1867 ; 3 Westfield^ five in the autumn of 

 186753 Chatham, one in the winter of i883-'84;* Iladley, two 

 taken in March, 1884 ;' Lynn, one shot prior to 1885 ; " Middle- 

 boro, one taken on November 29, 1886 ; ' Winchendon, three shot 

 in the winter of i886-'87, and one in winter of i887-'88 ; ' Sand- 

 wich, on& taken March 25, 1890;^ Northampton, on& shot prior 



to 1901.^° 



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191. Speotyto cunicularia hypogaea (Bonap.). Burrow- 

 ing Owl. 



Accidental from the west. There is but one record : New- 



» Brewster; Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, Vol. VI, Xo. 3, July, 18S1, pp. 143-145, 

 and ibid.. Vol. II, No. i, Jan., 1882, pp. 22-25. 



iChadbourne, Birds of \YiUiamstown, i888, p. 357. 



^Browne; Auk, Vol. II, No. a, Apr., 1885, p. 220. 



^Allen ; Amer. Nat., Vol. Ill, No. 11, Jan. 1870, p. 569, p. 16 of separate. 



"Allen; Auk, Vol. II, No. 4, Oct., 1885, p. 383. 



'Clark; Birds of Amherst, 1887, p. 48. 



«W[ebster] ; O. & O. Vol. X, No. 2, Feb., 1885, p. 32. 



'Editor; O. & O., Vol. XIII, Xo. 12, Dec, 1888, p. 191. 



^Brewster; Auk, Vol. V, No. 4, Oct. 1888, p. 390. 



'Frazar; Forest & Stream, Vol.' XXXIV, No. 14, Apr. 24, 1890, p. 268. 



1" Morris; Birds of Springfield, 1901, p. 22. 



