Another Richardson’s Owl in Massachusetts. — As Nyctala tengmalmi 
rickardsoni has been so seldom taken so far south as this point (central 
Eastern Massachusetts), it may be well to record an additional example. 
I have in my collection a fine specimen obtained in this place on Jan i, 
1885. It was approached without difficulty in broad daylight by a wood- 
chopper and killed with a stick. 
This is aboutthe southern limit of the range of the species as at present 
determined. I find but three examples on record to the south of this ; the 
early one of Dr. Wood for Connecticut in 1859, and the two obtained in 
1881 and 1882 near Providence, R. I., as reported by Mr. Jencks in the 
‘Nuttall Bulletin’ of April, 1881, and April, 1883. 
.The circumstances of this capture indicate the defective day-vision 
1 characteristic of the strictly nocturnal species, in accordance with Richard- 
son’s statement: “It is so much dazzled by the light of the sun that it 
becomes stupid and may easily be caught by hand.” — F. C. Browne, 
Framingham , Mass. Auk, 2, Oct, , 1886. P. 3 S'V. 
Richardson’s Owl in Eastern Massachusetts. — A Richardson’s Owl 
( Nyctala tengmalmi richardsoni) , female, was shot at Hyde Park, Mass., 
near the railroad tracks, towards the Clarendon Hills station by Frederic 
Downey, November 26 , 1905 . It was skinned by Mr. Frank Blake Web- 
ster, of whom I purchased it. It is now in my museum. — John E. Thayer, 
i Lancaster, Mass. Auk. XXlll, Apr.. 1906, p kZ _-z ,-u. 
