SHORT-EARED OWL. 



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Table showing the 7'esults of examinations of 107 stomachs of the Long-eared Owl 

 (.Asio wilsonianus) — Continued. 



Locality. 



Date. 



Poultry 



or game 



birds. 



Other birds. 



Mammals. 



Miscellaneous. 



Albany County, N.Y. 

 Rensselaer County, 



N.Y. 

 Gaylordsville, Conn . . 



Ercildoun, Pa 



Long Island City, N. T 

 Do 



Nov. 20, 

 May G, 



1887 

 1889 



Oct. 15,1889 



Dec. 31, 

 Oct. 29, 

 Oct, 16, 



1889 

 1888 

 1888 



Huntington, NT. Y . 



Sandv Spring, Md . 

 'Do 



Do 



Do 



West Point, N.Y.. 



Do 



Circleville. Ohio.. . 

 Camp Verde, Ariz 



Do 



London, Ontario... 



1890 



Jan. 23,1890 



Mar. 14, 

 . . . .do . . 

 May 9, 

 . . . /do . . 

 Apr. 9, 

 June 23, 

 Dec. 7, 

 Jan. 2, 

 Feb. 20, 

 Oct. 16, 



1880 

 1880 

 1881 

 1886 

 1886 

 1890 



S<dden, Suffolk County, | 

 N.Y. 



Keokuk, Iowa i 



Do j 



Sandy Spring, Md j 



'Do I 



Do ! 



Morristown, N.J j 



Horse Hill, N.J 



Do 



Washington, D. C 



Sandy Spring. Md . . . 



~Do 



Lancaster County, Pa . 



Do : 



1890 



Do 

 Do 



May 30, 1889 



Oct. 28, 

 Nov. 7, 

 Nov. 28, 

 ...do.. 

 ...do.. 

 Oct. 22, 

 Oct. 27, 

 Nov. 5, 

 Feb. 2, 

 Dec. 31. 

 Nov. 24, 

 Dec. 16, 

 ....do.. 



1890 

 1890 

 1890 

 1891 

 1890 

 1891 

 1891 



Dec. 17 

 Nov. 10, 



1891 

 1891 



Do | Nov. 16,1891 



Do j Dec. 17,1891 



Rutland, Yt I May 23,1892 



Sparrow; 



Snowbird, 

 bier. 



Squirrel, mice.. 



2 meadow mice. 

 ...do 



Song sparrow, 2 

 other sparrows. 



2 meadow mice, 

 1 pine mouse. 



Sparrow . 



Empty. 



2 meadow mice., j 

 do i 



Do. 

 Do. 

 Do. 

 Do. 

 Do. 



Song sparrow. 



2 meadow mice, 

 1 red-backed 



! Meadow mouse, 



pine mouse. 



. ' Mouse 



. I j 4 mice 



| | 3 meadow mice. . 



.| : Mouse 



. : :....do ,, 



.] i 3 meadow mice.. 



.j Thrush j 



.i 2 meadow mice.. 



Meadow mouse . . 



Do. 

 Do. 



| 2 meadow mice.. 



I 2 meadoAv mice, 



1 white-footed 



mouse. 



j Pine mouse 



Tree sparrow . . . j Meadow mouse . 



!....do 



! 3 meadow mice - 



Mouse ..[Fragments of egg 



shell 



f 



Summary. -Of 107 stomachs examined, 1 contained a game bird; 15, other birds; 84, mice; 5, other 

 mammals; 1, insects and 15 were empty. 



SHORT-EARED OWL. 



Asio accipitrinus. 

 [Plate 21— Adult.] 



The Short-eared Owl is a bird of extended distribution, ranging over 

 the greater part of both hemispheres. In Africa it has been found 

 as far south as Abyssinia in winter. It has not been recorded from 

 Australia. In a northerly direction it reaches the southern part of the 

 Arctic regions at about the 69th parallel, from whence southward it 

 probably breeds more or less commonly in favorable localities through- 

 out its range, though as a summer resident it is rare in most parts of 

 eastern United States. 



The food of this Owl consists largely of mice and other small mammals. 

 A number of species of insects, birds, and reptiles also may bemen- 

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