Bird Notes from Long Island, N.Y. 
William Dutoher. 
16. Strix pratincola. American Barn Owl. — Since my record of the 
breeding of this species on Long Island* I have heard of the capture of a 
specimen. Mr. Knoess wrote to me as follows : “I see by reading ‘The 
Auk,’ that you mention the Barn Owl as being a rare bird : I mounted a 
beautiful specimen, shot November 20, 1886, at West Hampton, Suffolk 
Co., a female. It is the first one I ever mounted on the Island. My friend 
who shot it saw it perched on a tree near the post office, between one and 
two o’clock, P.M. 
The American Barn Owl near Troy, New York. — In my collection is a 
specimen of Strix pratincola in rather dark plumage, lately received from 
Mr. A. E. Weinbender of West Troy, who informed me that he shot the 
Owl November 19, 18S8, in a clump of poplar trees, where it had just been 
mobbed by Crows, on Weinbender’s Hill, about one mile west of the Hud- 
son River at Troy, N. Y.— Austin 
Strix pratincola in Western New York. — On July 5, 1890, a live Bain 
Owl was captured in Buffalo in the warehouse of a large tannery close to 
the New York Central R. R- Station. The bird had probably entered the 
building during the preceding night through an open window, and fail- 
ing to find the same means of exit was captured in the morning. It was 
a fine full-plumed male. It was kept by its captor for a number of days 
before it came into my possession. It is interesting to note that the few 
days preceding the bird’s capture were very hot, and that the nights were 
also warm. I know of only one previous record of the capture of this 
Owl in Erie County, and of but few elsewhere in this region.— W. H. 
1 , M. D., Buffalo. AUK, VII, Oct, 1890, P. 4/ ro 
Bergtold, M. D., Buffalo. 
r F. Park. Troy, JV. I. .in 
jVtosJ&B, 1891.P. t'* 1 ' 
On the Occurrence of Three Rare Birds on Long Island, New York. 
Strix pratincola. — Mr. Wm. Conselyea of Brooklyn has a mounted 
specimen in his possession, which I examined and identified a short time 
ago, and which he has permitted me to record. He shot it at Hicks 
Beach, Long Island, about January 10, 1892. Mr. Conselyea was walk- 
ing along the beach about four P.M. when he saw a large bird flying 
steadily and noiselessly over the sand hills towards him. He shot the 
bird, which makes the fourth record from Long Island' 
Auk X.Jan. 18WS. p.90. 
Butcher, Ra: e Long Island Birds. 
Strix pratincola. American Barn Owl.— This specimen came from 
Bay Ridge, Kings Co., and was purchased by Mr. Akhurst from some of 
the local gunners in that neighborhood. This and the following specimen 
were procured many years since when all that tract of country about Bay 
Ridge was farm or forest land, and was not occupied by dwellings as it is 
now. 
Auk X, July, 1893 p 276. 
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