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THE AMERICAN MUSEUM JOURXAL 



Short-eared Owl {Asia accipitriiius). Common during the migrations, and 

 while a few probably breed, their is no definite record of their doing so. 



*Barred Owl (Synuitm variuin). Next to the Screech Owl this is our com- 

 monest Owl. Its loud, sonorous hooting, zvlioo, -.dwo. zvlioo, too-zchoo, t^o 

 zchoo-ah. is heard in the spring and again in late summer and is familiar to 

 many who are not acquainted with its author. 



Fig. 10. Short-e.-\red Owl. 



Great Gray Owl {Scotiaptc.v iicbulosa). In winter to the northern border 

 of the United States. An individual shot near Mendham, N. J., is the only one 

 which has been recorded from near New York City (Thurber, True Democratic 

 Banner, newspaper, ]\Iorristown, N. J., Nov. lo, 1,887). 



*Saw-whet Owl i Crytoglau.r acadica) . A regular and, in some localities, a 

 not uncommon winter resident. 



Screech Owl (Mcgascops cislo). The Screech Owl is the commonest and 

 best known of our Owls. It is present throughout the vear. (See group, second 

 floor) . 



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