OursteC' q^t<suuA*ji‘ &&***£> rtCc^.. / 
six Sc re ech, (^aa^^a A number of 
Screech Owls have been seen about the town, 
One Screech Owl lives in a pigeon house on the 
main street, and can be seen sunning itself all 
through the day. Are Arcadian Owls common 
or rare this Winter?— 8 . W. Comstock, Greenfield, 
Mass. O.AQ* X. Mar.l8civ>.p.« t y 
Birds of Bristol County, Mass. 
F.W. Andros. 
Megascops asio (Linn.), Screech Owl. Resi- 
dent, common, Breeds. 
0,& O. XII. Sept. 1887 p.!3Q 
jmJmi sVi/Ul /wtc 
y<f- .7) / 
Seven Screech Owls ( Scops asi o), several of 
them being in the red phase of plumage have 
been taken here during December and .January. 
They were found in holes in old trees or were 
shot in the evening, being lured within gun- 
1 shot by an imitation of their note. 
0.& o. XIII. July. 1888 p. 104 
Birds Known to Pass Breeding Season 
nr. Winchendon, Mass. Wm. Brewster 
i.T Megascops asio.* ri*1 
Auk, Y, Oct,, 1888. p. 389 
Brief Notes. 
I secured a Red Screech Owl ? , taken in 
the act of killing a full-grown Hen in its 
coop, at Sudbury, Mass., January 16. 
A. W. Morse. 
Q.& O.Vol.18, Feb. 1863 p.31 
Notes from Belchertown, Mass. 
J.W. Jackson 
%H ‘ill (o f oun d a Red Screech Owl in woods, partly 
1 1 eaten by a fox. 
O.fcO.Yol.18, Mar. 1893 P.4& 
General Notes. 
Summer Birds of Central Berkshire 
Country, Mass. Fran c is II. Allen . TToff rcrnn 
13. Megascops asio. Screech Owl. — Young found in Stockbridge. 
Auk XII. Jan. 1896 p. 88 
