FLAMMl'LATED SCREECH OWL. 



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Table showing the results of examinations of 254 stomachs of the Screech Owl 

 {Megascops asio) — Continued. 



Locality. 



Keokuk. Iowa. 



Date. 



Poultry | 

 I or game 

 ! birds. I 



Other birds. 



Mammals. 



Alton, ;N T .J Nov. 26,: 



Dec. 14. 1885 House mouse . . 



1 whit e-1'ooted 

 mouse, 1 pine 

 mouse. 



Do Dec. 1,1890 



Hanover, X. J Dec. 3,1890 Meadow mouse . 



Do 

 Alton, N. J... 



Do 



Do 



Sandy Spring, Md. 



Dec. 4. 1890 

 Jan. 14.1891 

 Feb. 16.1891 

 Mar. 2.1891 

 Dec. 15.1891 



Lancaster County, Pa. ]Sov. 27.1891 



Mouse hair 



! ----do 



I ....do 



j do 



' English sparrow I 



Miscellaneous. 



Do Dec. 7,1891;. 



Do JDec. 14,1891 . 



Do Xov. 19.1891'. 



Do Xov. 26.1891'. 



Do Dec. 15.1891 . 



Do ...do 



Four-Mile Run. Va. 

 Portland, Conn 



Do 



Marshall Hall. Md . 



Do 



Do 



Do 



Feb. 14. 1892 . 

 Jan. 14.1887 . 

 Apr. 1,1892. 

 May 30.1892 . 



....do 



. . . .do 



....do 



English spar- 

 rows. 



House mouse 



Mouse baii- 



Liberty County, Ga ... Apr. 14.1892 Whrte-footed 



mouse. 



Easton, Md j Dec. 17, 1891 House mouse ... 



Sandy Spring. Md j Jan. 12. 1891 Junco Mouse hair 



"Do | Jan. 16, 1892 ; i Sparrow House mouse ... 



Washington, D. C I Jan. 24. 1892 i do I 



Galena, Mo July, 1892 • ! Wood rat ! 



Virginia j Small piece of 



flesh. 

 ' do 



Grasshopper re- 

 mains. 



Frog. 



Empty. 



cave crickets, 

 beetle, 2 spi- 

 ders. 



Empty. 



Do. 

 Insect, remains. 

 Do. 



Empty. 



Do. 

 Beetle remains. 

 Insect remains. 

 8 beetles. 1 lizard. 

 3 May beetles, 1 

 lizard. 



Do 



Baker sfield. Cal 



Yisalia, Cal 



July 20, 1891 

 July 24, 1891 



Falls Church, Ya i Feb. 22. 1892 



Ithaca, ST. Y j Mar. 14, 1892 



Junco 



Meadow ruous 

 Chipmunk 



Small beetle. 



Beetles. 

 Do. 



Grasshoppers, 

 spider. 



Grasshoppers, 

 beetles. 



Sttmaiaby. — Of 255 stomachs examined, 1 contained poultry; 38, other birds; 91, mice; 11, other mam- 

 mals; 2, lizards: 4, batrachians; 1, nsh; 100, insects; 5, spiders j 9, crawfish; 7, miscellaneous; 2, 

 scorpions; 2, earthworms; and 43 were empty. 



FLAMMULATED SCREECH OWL. 



Megascops fiammeolus. 

 [Plate 26 — Megascops fiammeolus iclahoensis.] 



This Owl inhabits the highlands of Central America and Mexico, rang- 

 ing northward into the United States as far as California, Idaho,* Texas, 

 and Colorado. It was first captured within our limits at Fort Crook, 

 Cal., in August, 1860, and at the present time is one of the rarest Owls 

 in the United States. More specimens have been taken in Colorado 

 than in all the other States, and so far this is the only region where it 

 has been found breeding. 



* Since the above was written Dr. Merriam has described the specimen which he 

 secured at Ketchum, Idaho, as a new race under the name of Megascops fiammeolus 

 (N. A. Fauna No. 5, 1891, p. 96.) 



idahoensis. 



