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366. *Asio wilsonianus (Lesson) — American Long-eared Owl. 



Distributed over the entire state in the wooded portions; common 

 eastward, less frequent westward. Breeds throughout its range. 



367. *Asio acfiipitrinus (Pallas) — Short-eared Owl. 



Found over the whole of Nebraska where it is frequently very 

 plentiful during migrations, and at times is to be met with in flocks 

 of a dozen or more. Some remain over winter, and others in 

 the summer — the latter breeding. A nest was found in Dodge county 

 on the ground in tall dead prairie grass in April by Bruner. Several 

 nesting records and numerous other records are at hand. 



368. *Syrnium varium (Barton) — Barred Owl. 



A not uncommon resident and breeder in the wooded districts of 

 the eastern one-third of the state, but becoming rarer westward 

 towards the eastern edge of Colorado and Wyoming where it seems 

 to be absent. Numerous records. 



370. Scotiaptex nebulosa (Gmelin) — Great Gray Owl. 



A northern species which rarely reaches the state in winter. It 

 was Teported once, Dec. 17, 1893, near Omaha by I. S. Trostler. A 

 mounted specimen in a saloon at Long Pine is claimed to have been 

 taken in that vicinity. 



371. Cryptoglaux tengmalmi richardsoni (Bonaparte) — Richardson Owl. 



The authority for including this northern owl as a Nebraska bird, 

 was the taking of a live bird near Lincoln on Dec. 10, 1892, by some 

 boys. It is now in the state university museum. It has been reportd 

 also as of casual occurrence in Iowa and Colorado. 



372. *Cryptoglaux acadica (Gmelin) — Saw-whet Owl. 



A not rare species over the entire state, but most plentiful in winter. 

 It has been found breeding at Nebraska City by M. A. Carriker, Jr. ; 

 is known to breed quite regularly across the river from Omaha and 

 probably does on the Nebraska side also. It is reported as occuring 

 at Beatrice, Lincoln, Omaha, West Point, Neligh, Long Pine, and in 

 Sioux county. 



373. *Megascops asio (Linnaeus) — Screech Owl. 



This is our most abundant and generally distributed owl. Both 

 the gray and red color phases occur in most regions, but the gray 

 greatly predominates. It breeds throughout its Nebraska range. 



[373e. Megascops asio maxwelliae (Ridgway) — Rocky Mountain Screech 



Owl. 



While we have no definite records of the occurrence of this Rocky 

 Mountain form of the Screech Owl within the state, there is little 

 doubt but that it occurs in the extreme western portions of Nebraska. 

 It is reported as ranging along the' foothills and adjacent plains from 

 Colorado to Montana.] 



