Birds of Upper St, John, 
Batoiieider. 
80. Nyctale acadica (Gm.) Bd. Saw-whet Owl. — This bird is not 
uncommon at Houlton. Mr. Frank P. Orcutt told us that it was tolerably 
common at Fort Fairfield. 
Bull, N.Q.O, 7 , July, 1882 , P.156 
Birds -within Ten Miles of Pen 
de Monts, Gan, Gomeau & Mema 
65. Nyctala acadica. Saw-whet Owl.— Not very common. In 
winter Mr. Comeau once saw one of these little Owls fly out from within 
the carcass of a great northern hare that had been caught in a snare. The 
Owl had eaten away the abdomen and was at work within the thoracic 
cavity when frightened away. 
Bull. N. O.O, 7,Oot,1882,p,2S7 
Uf/wUx^. 0 u/ (QrvCa^U) . . W - C . 
This ride took in a circuit of twenty-five miles, and we came 
back without a specimen save a poor emaciated Saw-whet Owl 
which we found lying peacefully on his back on the snow at the 
foot of a fence post, from which he probably dropped dead the 
night before in a fit of starvation. 
Bull, N.O.O. 8, Judy. 1883, p. J */ 4 ■ 
Notes from the Magdalen Islands. 
Nvotala acadica. June, 1900. 
H.K.Job, Kent, Conn. 
Auk, XV111, April, 1901, p.200. 
143. Cryptoglaux acadica. Saw-whet Owl. — Regular winter resi- 
dent, October 4 to March 3; probably resident, as I have a young bird 
taken May 15, 1889, and another young one taken in August. A large 
flight of these owls occurred in the fall of 1889, and in October (12 to 28), 
1895. 
