_Cryptoglaux acadica acadica. Case 2, Fig. 41_
Smallest of our Owls; eyes yellow, no ear-tufts.
L. 8.
_Range._ Nests in the northern United States and
northward, south in the Alleghanies to Maryland;
winters rather rarely and irregularly southward to
Virginia.
Washington, rare W.V., Oct.-Mch. Ossining, rather
rare W.V., Oct. 28-Jan. 13. Cambridge, not
uncommon, W.V., Nov.-Mch. N. Ohio, rare P.R. SE.
Minn., uncommon. P.R.
A tame little Owl which sometimes may be caught in one's hand. It passes
the day in dense growth, usually evergreens. Its note resembles the
"sound made when a large-tooth saw is being filed."