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365. AMERICAN BAK.N OWL. Strix pratincola Bonap. 



The Moakey-faced Owl, as it is commonly called, was formerly considered a 

 rare visitor in Ohio. It is now a very common resident arid breeds. Dr. How- 

 ard Jones informs me that in May, 1897, he found a set of eight eggs in the 

 hollow of a sycamore tree near Circleville, Ohio, and also secured the parent bird. 

 I know a farmer not far from Columbus who raises these birds in confinement 

 and they thrive well. As a taxidermist I mounted qo less than twenty speci- 

 mens in 1897, from various localities in Ohio. 



373g. AIKEN'S SCREECH OWL. Megascops asio'aikeni Brewst. 



Mr. B. P. Ingraham found a nest containing three eggs of this subspecies in 

 Pueblo county, Colorado, April 28, 1896. The parent bird was captured and was 

 identified by Dr. J. A. Allen. The nest was in an old hole in a cedar tree about 

 eight feet from the ground. The eggs in shape and color are like others of the 

 genus and measure 1.45x1.23, 1.44x1.24, 1.44x1.23 inches. These eggs are in Mr. 

 Crandall's collection and are probably the first authentic specimens that have 

 been taken 



374. FLAMTTLATED SCREECH OWL. Megascops flammeola (Kaup.) 

 Two sets of this species were taken in Pueblo county, Colorado, in May, 1897, 

 by D. P. Ingraham. One of three nests taken on the 29th contained three eggs. 

 The nest was in an old excavation of a woodpecker, about twenty feet from the 

 ground in a quaking aspen tree. The altitude was 7800 feet. The three eggs 

 measure 1.25x1.03, 1.22x1.01, 1.21x1.02 inches A nest was found on the 27th in a 

 pine stub, about eighteen feet from the ground in an old woodpecker's excavation, 

 at an altitude of 7200 feet This nest oontained two eggs and measure as follows: 

 1.28x1.03, 1.25x1.05 inches. The eggs are white with a faint cream color, oval in 

 shape, shell finely granulated and only slightly glossy. 



4016. ALPINE THREE-TOED WOODPECKER. Pieoides americana dorsalis 

 Baird. 



In Ouster county, Colorado, Mr. Ingraham took a set of three eggs of this bird 

 June 9, 1897. The nest was in an aspen tree about sixteen feet from the ground, 

 at an altitude of 8000 feet. The eggs are pure shining whit© in color, almost ovate 

 in shape and offer the following dimensions: 1.03x.72, 1.00x.71 and 1.00x.71 inches. 

 These are in Mr. Crandall's oological collection, and are doubtless the first gen- 

 uine eggs of this bird known to science. 



