Syrnium varium. Strix nobulosa. Mino (Lake Umbagog). 1873. Aug. 19. Heard one hooting about noon on the Megalloway oppo- site Bottle Brook; its hoot is given in a peculiarly soft, cooing tone. 1874. Aug. 15. In the evening twilight, saw one flying high in air over Upton Hill. It flew in a leisurely desultory way like the Nighthawk. 1876. June 1. One hooting this evening near the shore of the lake its cry was: whoo, whoo, whoo-whooa. 15. One hooting near the shore of the lake; his note was whoo, whoo, whoo-hoo; whoo, whoo, whoo-hoo-ah 1879. May 23. Early in the afternoon with the sun shining bright- ly, one was hooting near the road in the Notch. 1882. Oct. 8-22 One was shot on a stub behind the Lake House on the evening of October 21. We heard another at Erroll.