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Range (Southern Florida chiefly)

Southern Florida, chiefly in the Kissimmee "prairie" region of Osceola, Polk, and De Soto Counties, and also Manatee County. Nest, in a hole in the ground excavated by the bird. Eggs, five to seven, 1.23 x 1.03.

This diurnal Owl is locally abundant in its restricted range. Excellent accounts of its habits will be found under the following references: Rhoads, Auk, ix, 1892, pp. 1-8; Scott, ibid., 216-218; Bendire, Life Histories North American Birds, pp. 400-402.

The BURROWING OWL (378. Speotyto cunicularia hypogœa), well known in our Western States, has been taken once in Massachusetts. PAROQUETS.