ACADIAN OWL. 415 
Mr. Kirkpatrick is our chief authority for its insertion here. He 
says: 
‘“‘This species is rare in Ohio. With us itisin all probability a winter visitoronly. It 
breeds, however, in some of the mere Northern States and in Canada, and is said to 
feed on small quadrupeds, grouse amd ptarmigan, and often endeavors to seize the 
small game shot by the hunter.” 
Mr. Langdon thinks that he has seen this species at St. Mary’s Reser- 
voir. 
It is said to breed in the hollows of trees, or more rarely in the branches, 
in which case the nest is constructed of sticks, grass and feathers. The 
eggs are said to number from five to eight, and measure about 1.50 by 
1.20. 
Genus NYGTALE. (Brehm. 
Size small. No ear-tufts; facial disc perfect; gars operculate ; tarsus and toes densely 
feathered. 
NycraLE ACADICA (Gm.) Bp. 
Acadian Owls; Saw-whet Owl. 
Strix acadica, AUDUBON, Orn. Biog., ii; 1834, 537.—KirRTLaND, Ohio Geolog. Surv., 1838, 
161, 179.—RwabD, Fam. Visitor, iii, 1853, 303; Proc. Phila, Acad. Nat. Sci., vi, 1853, 
395. 
Ulula acadica, AUDUBON, B. Am., i, 1840, 124. 
Nyctale acadia, (error) KinKPaTRicK, Ohio Farmer, viii, 1&59, 9; Ohio Agric. Rep. for 
1858, 1859, 381. 
Nyctale acadica, BREWER, N. A. Oology, Smithsonian Contributions, xi, 1859, 74, 132, pl. 
45.—WHEATON, Ohio Agric. Rep. for 160, 1861, 361; Reprint, 3; Food of Birds, etc., 
Ohio Agric. Rep. for 1874, 1875, 570 ; Reprint, 180 —Couns, Birds of N. W., 1874, 316. 
—BairD, Brewer and Ripeway, N. A. Birds, iii, 1874, 45. LANGDON, Cat. Birds of 
Cin., 1877, 12; Revised List, Journ. Cin. Soc. Nat. Hist., i, 1879, 179; Reprint, 13.— 
Dury and Freeman, ib., iii, 1880, 104; Reprint, 5. 
Strix acadica, GMELIN, Syst., Nat., i, 1788, 296. 
Nyctale acadica,‘ BONAPARTE, Comp. List, 1338, 7. 
Size small. Bill, black, the cere tumid, the circular nostrils presenting anteriorly. 
Above chocolate-brown, spotted with white, the tail with transverse white bars; facial 
area and forehead variegated with white, the face and superciliary line grayish-white; 
the lower parts white with streaks of the color of the back. Length, 74-8; wing, 54; 
tail, 22. 
Habitat, Temperate North America from Atlantie to Pacific; chiefly, however, North- 
ern United States and adjoining British territory; ranging southward, in wooded 
mountainous regions, into Mexico. 
Not uncommon resident in Northern, resident or winter visitor in 
Middle and Southern Ohio. Breeds. 
