Birds -within Ten Miles of Point"" 
de Monts, Can, Gomeau&Merriam 
60. Asio accipitrinus. Short-eared Owl. — A rather rare summer 
resident. Earliest seen May 9, 1882. 
• Bull N.O.O, 7, Got, 1882, p,237 
An Ornithologist’s Summer in Labrador 
M. Abbott Frazar. 
Asio accipitrinus , ShorPeared Owl. Although 
I saw no Owls at all during my stay on the 
coast, one, probably of this species, was report- 
ed to me one night at Cape Whittle as flying by}) 
the house. The reason I do not pass the species 
by altogether without mentioning it, is to bring 
up a circumstance in connection with the Puf- 
fins which I noticed in their colony near by. I 
had been surprised on every visit I made to the 
island by seeing numbers of Puffin’s skins lay- 
ing around on the rocks near the shore, and lit- 
erally turned inside out. They were generally 
opened upon the back, and a great many skins 
I noticed were not torn a particle more than 
was necessary to get the skins over the body ; 
then the legs were picked out, the wings thor- 
oughly cleaned as far as the carpal point, t lie 
head was also drawn out and brain and eyes re- 
moved and skull cleaned to base of bill. I knew 
it was not done in the day-time and the Short- 
eared Owls were the most likely depredators I 
could call to mind, but it did not take me long 
to decide after looking at those skins for a few 
moment's that taxidermy was an art long before 
man ever took it up. 
O . & O. XII. Mar. 1887. p. S ?. - J 7. 
Birds of Magdalea islands. 
Dr. L.B.Biebop. 
IV, ^ 7 £ 
139. Asio accipitrinus. Short-eared Owl. — Regular migrant, 
March 5 to 15, and probably through April; abundant in the fall, October 
3 to December 26, when large flocks sometimes occur. A light phase of 
plumage occurs very rarely. 
27. Asio accipitrinus. Short-eared Owl. — I saw an Owl that I am 
positive was of this species in the marshes between All Right and Grand 
Entry on June 23, but as I was unable to shoot it the identification 
remains in doubt. 
Auk, VI. April, 1880. p. 147 
Birds of N.E. coast of Labrador 
by Henry B . Bigelow . 
59. Asi accipitrinus. Short-eared Owl. — Rather common at Port 
Man vers and Nachvak, in September. 
Auk, XIX, Jan., 1902, p.29. 
