250 
Asio accipitrinus, 
Middlesex County, Mass. 
1870. 
June 1, 
Pound a nest in which a bird had evidently boon 
raised that season. It was composed entirely of sticks 
arranged with extraordinary precision and neatness and 
was placed in the top of a stunted bayberry bush about 
eighteen inches above the ground. The whole structure 
v/as nearly as large as the nest of a Crow, though not 
so deeply hollov/ed. We saw numbers of the birds on 
the island (Muskegat), 
1875. • 
Oct. 9, 
Shot one in the Fresh Pond marshes near Block Is¬ 
land. 
1881 i 
Oct,14* 
One shot on Great Meadov/s, Concord. Very fat* 
stomach crammed with the fur and bones of mice. * 
188i . 
Sept.24. 
On© started by Spelman in the marshes near Block 
Island, 
