During the winter of 1880-81, no less than seven specimens of the little 
Acadian Owl ( Nyctale acadica) were taken, all within a few days’ time. 
Ball. N. O.O, 
Auk, XXI ily, 1395, p • o X , 
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Two weeks later a Saw-whet Owl was sent to me, a bird that 
asked only the hospitality of a night’s lodging when the weather was incle- 
ment, and was dispatched with true American promptness. I considered 
the Meadowlark’s presence at that time of year unprecedented in this 
locality, when the mercury often reminded us that we are near neighbors 
to the North Pole. Was it ever known to winter so far north before? 
