06 Snowdon Howland reports a Screech 1 
QwL laying a perfect egg while kept by him. 
O.&O. Vll. Oct. 1882. p. /6£. 
Biidsof DeadP»ivar Begion.Me. P.H.O. 
80. Scops asio, (Screech Owl.) A solitary in- 
dividual of this species, amused himself by his 
tremulous cry near the hostelry at Kingfield. Mr. 
Freeborn has a set of their eggs taken “from a de- 
cayed apple tree in New Vineyard.” None of 
these birds were seen or heard in the dense evei- 
green forests. 
O.&O. XI. Dec. 1880. p. 177 
New Eng. Raptores. Number Eggs in 
a set. F. H. Carpenter. 
Screech Owl, ( Megascops asio). 
27 sets of 4 
O.&O. XII. Oct. 1887 p. 168 
Collection of Raptores Eggs. J. P.N. 
‘t__L :w>. 4-6, 10 
O.&O. XV. Apr. 1890. p. 58 
Raptores, Bristol County, Mass. 
Hilton B. Read. 
Screech Owl (Scops asio). A common resi- 
dent of our county and regularly breeds, 
choosing some convenient hollow tree, without 
regard to its proximity to the habitation of 
man. One instance has came under my per- 
sonal observation, of a pair of Scops, who annu- 
ally bred in a hollow elm tree, in the front 
yard of a farmer’s house, and to which mem- 
bers of the family would often ascend, by 
means of a ladder, and gaze upon the enter- 
prising brood of owlets. The nest complement 
is usually four eggs, which differ from the 
foregoing only in being smaller in size. Nearly 
all are familiar with the two phases of plu- 
mage — red and grey — of this bird which can- 
not be attributed to either age or sex. 
O.&O. XII. Aug. 1887 p .118 
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