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NE8T8 AND EGGS OF 



fir tree. The second set' was collected near Muonio, Lapland, June 7, 1892, from a 

 nest eighteen feet up in a fir tree; these measure 2.08x1.72, 2.05x1,67, 2.11x1.71 inches. 



371. KICHABDSON'S OWL. Nyrtala ienymalmi richardsoni (Bonap.) Geog. 

 Dist. — Northern North America, south in winter to northern border of the United 

 States. 



The American Sparrow Owl, or Richardson's Owl, so far as known, breeds in 

 northern latitudes and is supposed to nest as far south as Nova Scotia. In Western 

 Manitoba, in the Red River region, it is quite common in the wooded districts. 

 Specimens of this Owl have been taken in various parts of the Arctic regions, as at 



371. Larger figure — Tengmalm's European Saw-whet Owl, similar in cut to our Richardson's Owl 

 No, 371. Smaller figure, resembles the California Pigmy Owl No. 379a. 



Fort Simpson, Fort Resolution, etc., and in Alaska. Dr. Richardson states that it 

 inhabits all the wooded country from Great Slave Lake to the United States. The 

 nest is described as built in trees, composed of grass and leaves; the eggs two to four 

 in liumber and their average size 1.35x1.14, They are globular in shape and white 

 in color. 



372. SAW-WHET OWL. Nyctala acadica (Gmel.) Geog. Dist.— Whole of 



North America; breeding fronr Middle United States northward. 



The Acadian Owl is the smallest member of the family found in Eastern North 

 America, and it inhabits the United States from the Atlantic to the Pacific, ranging 



