Birds of the Adirondack Region, 
O. H. Merriam 
180. Asio accipitrinus ( Pallas ) Ne-wton. Short-eared Owl. — I 
have seen two specimens of the Short-eared Owl that were taken within 
the limits of the Adirondack Region, in Lewis County. They were both 
killed east of the Black River Valley — one in the town of Greig, and the 
other in Lyonsdale. 
Bull. N, 0.0, 7,Aprii,1882,P. /J? 
No specimens of the Short - eared Jiavc come to 
my notice. One was taken in January, 1884. 
All the above data are for Ontario County, N. Y. 
—C. H. Wilder , Wayland, N. Y. 
O.&O . X. July. 1885. P,/// 
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f /. 7 Vnm . -<? /ft* 7 . 
We had gone about a hundred yards when I 
'heard Ted whistle, and looking his way I saw 
a large bird which I was not familiar with 
rise out of range of him, and after circling 
around two or three times settle a short dis- 
tance away on the meadows. Thinking we 
would not get near it again I slipped in two 
heavy shells and we went off again after 
our new game. 
We advanced cautiously until we were with- 
in about ten feet of the place where the bird 
lit, when without a bit of warning or noise 
eight pair of wings beat the air, as a flock of 
Short-eased Owls arose. 
Of course I was frightened and fired both 
barrels at short range without touching a 
feather; however I had time to drop another 
shell in my gun and make a fine shot on one as 
it was circling away to the left. 
Ted was much cooler, he picked out the 
finest bird of the lot, and bagged it without 
any trouble. After fixing up the the birds we 
hid them where Wf; could pick them up on our 
return, and then went after the rest of the 
flock, which had scattered; but we did not 
get any more as they were on the lookout for 
us, so after flushing them several times out of 
gunshot we gave them up, and started for a 
patch of woods on the other side of the 
meadows and near the shore. 
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General Notes, 
Short-eared Owl Nesting on Plum Island, New York.— While on a 
visit to Plum Island, on May 7, *891, I noticed a Short-eared Owl cii cling 
over the beach grass on the southwest plain and, on my approach, show- 
ing unmistakable signs of anxiety. With the aid of my setter ‘Jack I soon 
flushed the female, and discovered the nest, which consisted of a slight 
hollow in the bare sand in a rather scattering growth of beach grass, with 
no attempt at concealment- It contained one young bird which, as near 
as I could judge, was about two weeks old, one rotten egg, and three mea- 
dow mice ( Arvicola ), minus their heads. 
The old male circled- around about fifty yards off, uttering cries which 
sounded very much like the squealing of young pigs. The female came 
much closer, and her cries reminded me of the barking of a young puppy. 
I searched the vicinity for more young, but failed to find any. W. W. 
Worthington, Shelter Island Heights, New York. 
Auk X, July . 1893 
