Richardson’s Owl and Other Owls in Franklin County, New York. 
— A specimen of Richardson’s Owl ( Cryploglaux funerea richardsoni ) in 
the flesh was recently received by the American Museum from Dr. Wm. N. 
MacArtney of Fort Covington, Franklin Co., N. Y. The bird was shot 
on November 14 in a cedar thicket near Fort Covington, in the township of 
that name, by Wm. N. MacArtney, Jr. 
Dr. MacArtney writes that he shot one of these Owls in the nearby 
township of Dundee, Province of Quebec, within a few rods of the State 
line in 1879 or 1880, and about 1885 one taken in the same town was 
brought to him, the latter specimen being now in his collection. All three 
birds were secured in late fall or early winter. 
Eaton, in his recently published ‘ Birds of New York,’ states that there 
appear to be but two definite records of Richardson’s Owl in the State, 
one from Oneida County, the other from Essex County. 
Dr. MacArtney states that during the winter the Snowy Owl is fre- 
quently observed, and occasionally the Hawk Owl, Barred Owl and Great 
Gray Owl. The Long-eared Owl is seen at times, while the Great Horned, 
Saw-wheQand Screech Owls are common, the rufus phase of the last being 
rather rare.— W. DeW. Miller, American Museum of Natural History. 
