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Asio amarfccanus, 
Middlesex County, Mass. 
1865. 
June 3. 
An Owl which I identified at the time as Bubo vir— 
— but v^hich I novA believe to have been this 
1870. 
Sept.20, 
species was seen by me to-day in the Pine Swamp near 
Fresh Pond. It was tame and easily approached but I 
had no gun. It followed me about through the sv/amp mak¬ 
ing a noise like the barking of a small dog only much 
hoarser. I suspected at the time that it v/as tr eeding 
and afterwards hoard that a boy found the nest, placed 
high up in the crotch of a pine and containing five 
young. 
. Tv/o in the Maple Swamp. They were very tame, per¬ 
mitting an approach to within a few yards, and fle4 only 
a short distance, usually alighting on some low branch, 
^en perched their actions resembled those of the Barred 
Owl, they would turn their heads quickly at any sudden 
noise but a moment afterwards close their eyes and appar- 
ently off again. The poouliar color and arrange! 
raent Of the feathers of the facial disk disk gives ?hL 
specie an imp-like appearance. 
1871. 
No¥l 30. 
Shot one in the Pine Swamp, 
1875. 
Apr, 23. 
While lingering at Pout Pond this evening a large 
uid irSlphrr “ ^ ‘""“Sht he contm- 
tr!e! minutes, boating about over the 
trees with intermittant flappings and sailings, inciin- 
imo!!!!'to either side. Finally so^r,ngTili, 
like a fotionless wings 
like a Buteo he disappeared in the darkness He v/as ^ 
certainly either this species or the Short-;areroT 
As he passed over me his tail was wide-spread and a 
peculiar bouyant lifting of the body at L!h w?!g Stroke 
s!gh?Zk! Of fligM, reminded mo of a 
1874. 
June 2. 
Heard an Owl after dark, in Belmont which I thought 
might be of this species; it uttered a loud whick who- 
v/ho-ho. . ’ - 
J* 12. 
While walking hurriedly through a grove of yellow 
pines following a wood path I heard on the right a feeble 
creaking crick-a-crick which sounded like the squeak of ’ 
a wheel-barrow. As j was advancing in the direction of 
the sound I was suddenly startled by a piercing shriek 
foiiTn succession, each loss 
loud than that which proceeded it, the whole occupying 
perhaps half a minute and suggesting the screams of a 
bird caught by a Hawk, but much more intense. The next 
moment a large Owl suddenly pitched dovm to the ground 
