Auk, XIII, Jan. , 1896 , p. gS. 
Asio accipitrinus. — Muskeget Island, June 2, 1895. Mr. John R. Sands- 
bury informs me that he discovered the nest of a Short-eared Owl on the 
noitheast side of the island containing three young birds in the down. 
The nest was placed at the foot of a bunch of beach-grass (. Ammophila 
arundmacea ) and partially concealed. It was raised about four inches 
above the sand ; only one old bird was seen, it having been frightened 
off the nest. On July 7 Mr. Sandsbury and I saw one adult bird. 
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Auk, XIII, July, 1890 , p.^f '7 
Four Winter Records of the Short-eared Owl on the Massachusetts 
Coast. I have a female Short-eared Owl (Asio accipitrinus') in my collec- 
tion which was taken at Orleans, near Chatham, Mass., on February 23, 
1896, by Mr. Charles J. Paine, Jr. ; and I also know of a female (?) taken 
at Ipswich, Mass., on December 31, 1895, by Mr. Ralph W. Gray; and 
a male taken at the same locality by Mr George C. Shattuck on January 
1, 1896; also a female taken at the same locality on February 12, 1896, 
by Mr. W. S. Townsend. 
I also know of a number of specimens taken at Middletown, near New- 
port, R. I., in winter.— Reginald Heber Howe, Jr., Longwood, Mass. 
Asio acciultrinus . 
The Terns of Musheget Island, Massachusetts. 
Part 111. 
By George H.Mackay. 
Auk, XIV, Oct., 1837, pp. 383-390. 
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