. Birds of Michigan. Birds. ZOOLOGICAL DEPARTMENT. 69 Genus NYCTALA Bbehm. 165 871-(4:S2). Nyctala teiijiiiialmi richardsoiii (jBo?ta7>.). Richardson's Owl. This bird has been taken in Ohio. Illinois and Wisconsin, and it is very likely in our Northern Peninsula fauna; " probably in winter" (J. A. Allen). !(> ;{72-(48;5). Xyctala acadica (G-nieZ.). *Saw-whet Owl; Acadian Owl. Rare; found at all seasons; " rare now. but more common twenty years ago in Mon- roe County" (Jerome Trombiey); ''in swamps, at Ann Arbor, rare "(Dr. J. B. Steere); "not very rare in Le
. Birds of Michigan. Birds. ZOOLOGICAL DEPARTMENT. 69 Genus NYCTALA Bbehm. 165 871-(4:S2). Nyctala teiijiiiialmi richardsoiii (jBo?ta7>.). Richardson's Owl. This bird has been taken in Ohio. Illinois and Wisconsin, and it is very likely in our Northern Peninsula fauna; " probably in winter" (J. A. Allen). !(> ;{72-(48;5). Xyctala acadica (G-nieZ.). *Saw-whet Owl; Acadian Owl. Rare; found at all seasons; " rare now. but more common twenty years ago in Mon- roe County" (Jerome Trombiey); ''in swamps, at Ann Arbor, rare "(Dr. J. B. Steere); "not very rare in Lenawee and Hillsdale Counties" (A. H. Boies); '"KeWeenaw Point" (Kneeland); breeds: nests in hollow stvunps, etc.; ''nests in Oakland County" (W. C. Brownell in O. and O. Vol. XVI, p. 22); eggs four to seven; our smallest owl; I have this from Washtenaw and Ingham Counties. Dr. Atkins took one at Locke, Dec. 18, 1882, which weighed less than two ounces; Prof. James Satterlee has taken this bird at fjreenville, Montcahu County. Mr S. E. White has taken it in Allegan County, and Mr^ Gilbert White has captured the downy young in Kent County: "breeds in Northern Indiana" (A. W. Butler). (tenus MEGASCOPS Screech OwJ, reduced. 1(>7-o7.*>-(,40»">). Megascops asio (Linn.). -'Screech Owl; Mottled Owl. Our most common owl; "very common at Ann Arbor" (Dr. J. B. Steere); found all months of the year; in summer, it whines and moans in shade trees about our houses, in winter we take it in out-buildings where it remains by day: "Upper Peninsula" (A. H. Boies); "Keweenaw Point" (Kneeland); breeds; nests, in May, in hollow trees; eggs four to six. frequently eight, rarely nine, white, subspherical; eats insects and English Sparrows; beneficial; '-food, principally mice "(Prof. Ludwig Kumlein). There are two. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhan
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