no MEMOIRS OF THE NUTTALL ORNITHOLOGICAL CLUB 



inquiring, at times sharp and even rasping and grating. A whistling note and 

 sharp ki kis are also heard. 



162 [365] Aluco pratincola (Bonap.). 



Barn Owl. 

 Accidental visitor from the South. 



On October 21, 1915, Dr. J. C. Phillips caught a Barn Owl in a trap at Wen- 

 ham. This is the only addition to the former scanty records. 



163 [366] Asio wilsonianus (Less.). 



Long-eared Owl. 

 Uncommon permanent resident, rather common autumn transient visitor. 

 Eggs: April and May. 



One was shot by Dr. J. L. Goodale in his orchard at Ipswich on November 

 19, 1905. 



In May and June, 1917, a pair nested in an old Crow's nest in a pitch pine in 

 the Ipswich dunes as has been already recorded by me in the Auk.^ An examina- 

 tion of the pellets and upper layers of the nest by the U. S. Biological Survey, in 

 Washington, showed that this pair had eaten some thirteen different species of 

 birds and twenty-three individuals; also four species of mammals and twenty- 

 five individuals. 



The notes of these birds suggested at times the barking of a small puppy, 

 at times the notes ud-hunk. 



164 [367] Asio flammeus (Pont.). 



Short-eared Owl. 



Not uncommon transient visitor, rare in winter. March 11 to May 4; Sep- 

 tember 27 to November 16 (December, January, February). 



This owl does not seem to me to be as common as in former years. The May 

 4 record is of a bird seen by me at Ipswich, in 1913. I have two more winter 

 records to add to those in the original Memoir, each of birds seen by me at Ips- 



1 Townsend, C. W. Auk, vol. 3S,. P- 183, 1918. 



