. The birds of America : from drawings made in the United States and their territories . ^K^J^ 140 SHORT-EARED SHORT-EARED OWL TOtus brachyotus, Linn. PLATE XXXVIII.—Male. Although this species is by no means scarce in almost any part of theLTnited States, in the latter half of autumn and during winter, very few indi-viduals spend the summer south of the Great Pine Swamp of Pennsylvania,where, however, some occasionally breed. In Nova Scotia, its nest hasfrequently been met with, and in Newfoundland it is as common as theBarred Owl is in Louisiana. In winter I have found it so plentiful

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. The birds of America : from drawings made in the United States and their territories . ^K^J^ 140 SHORT-EARED SHORT-EARED OWL TOtus brachyotus, Linn. PLATE XXXVIII.—Male. Although this species is by no means scarce in almost any part of theLTnited States, in the latter half of autumn and during winter, very few indi-viduals spend the summer south of the Great Pine Swamp of Pennsylvania,where, however, some occasionally breed. In Nova Scotia, its nest hasfrequently been met with, and in Newfoundland it is as common as theBarred Owl is in Louisiana. In winter I have found it so plentiful in theFloridas, that I have shot seven in the course of a morning, while I was atGeneral Hernandez. Indeed I was surprised to see the great number of N°8. PI .38.

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