696 GEOLOGICAL SUEVEY OF THE TEEKITORIES. 



Athene hypugcea, Bonap,, (prairie-owl :) 



No. 



Catalogue- 

 number. 



Sex. 



Date. 



Measure- 

 ments. 



Locality. 



18 

 195 



61637 

 61761 

 61763 

 61762 

 61764 



9 

 $ 

 $ 

 9 

 Juv. 



June 9,1872 

 June 26, 1872 

 July 1,1872 

 Jufy 5,1872 

 July 9,1872 





Ogden, Utah. 

 Malad Valley, Idaho. 

 Port Neuf Eiver, Idaho. 



148 





148 

 156 



9^ X 24i 

 5| X 16tV 



Fort Hall, Idaho. 

 Do. 



Hal). — Prairies and other open ijortions of the United States, from the 

 Mississipi^i to the Pacific. 



These little owls were very plentiful on the great plains and prairies, 

 between Omaha and the Black Hills. There they live and breed in the de- 

 serted holes of the prairie-dogs, [Cynomys ludovicianus.) They were 

 also quite numerous in the Salt Lake Valley and northward to Snake 

 Eiver ; here they take up their abodes in the old holes of the badger 

 {Taxidea cmiericana, Waterh.) and coyote, {Ganis latrans, Say.) They 

 breed in May, laying pure-white eggs. 



Surnia uhila, Bonap., (hawk-owl:) 



No. 



Catalogue- 

 number. 



Sex. 



Date. 



Measure- 

 meuts. 



Locality. 



224 



62240 



^ 



Aug. 11, 1872 



15 X 31i 



Madisou River, Mont. 



Hah. — Northern regions of both continents. 



This specimen of the hawk-owl is the only one seen. I shot it in 

 broad daylight as it flew past me and lit on a dead pine tree. 



Family 41. — Falconid^, Diurnal Birds of Prey. 

 (Sub-family Falconinw, the Falcons.) 

 Tinnunculus sparverius, VieilL, (sparrow-hawk:) 



No. 



Catalogue- 

 number. 



Sex. 



Date. 



Measure- 

 ments. 



Locality. 



« 



161 

 168 

 171 



184 



62236 

 62237 

 62238 

 62239 



9 



9 



Juv. 



9 



July 16, 1872 

 July 17, 1872 

 July 18, 1872 

 July 22, 1872 



lOf X 241 

 llf X 24ir 

 10 X21f 

 Hi X 24i 



North Fork, Idaho. 



Do. 



Do. 

 T6ton Basin, Idaho. 



Eab. — The entire continent of America. 



Sparrow hawks were quite numerous at the North Fork, Teton Basin, 

 and on Snake Eiver, east of the Teton Eange. 



