25 



parts white, the breast barred and the belly broadlly streaked with greyish brown ; 

 legs and feet heavily feathered; bill and eyes, yellow. 



L., 25. to 30; W., 17.50; T., 12.50. 



Nest, in evergreen trees. Eggs, two to four, white, nearly round. 



SNOWY OWL. 



jSTo ear-tufts. White, more or less barred, with blackish markings. In some 

 few males the dark marks are absent. 

 L., 25.00; W., 17.00; T., 9.50. 

 Nest, on the ground in Arctic regions. Eggs, four to seven, white, oblong oval. 



LONG-EAEED OWL. 



Ear-tufts conspicuous, an inch or more in length, black bunlcred by wliite and 

 bufEy; upper parts brown mottled with white in small pattern, the bases of the 

 feathers buff; tail mottled and barred with dark brown; facial disc buf! bordered by 

 black. Under parts whitish and buff, the breast streaked with brown; sides a.id 

 b<^lly irregularly barred with blackish ; eyes, yellow. 

 "'l., 14.50 ;"w., 11.90; T., 6.00. 



Nest, sometimes in a thick evergreen, more frequently an old crow's or hawk's 

 nest is occupied. Eggs, four to six, oval, white. 



SHORT-EAEED OWL. 



Ear-tufts short, inconspicuous ; upper parts buft'y, broadly streaked with dark 

 brown; tail and quills, buff' with dark bars: under parts buffy, the breast broadly 

 streaked with brown, belly more finely streaked, but not barred; facial disc pale buff, 

 eye patch, blackish. 



L., 15.50: W., 12.75; T., 6.05. 



Nest on the ground in marshy meadows. Eggs, four to seven, white, nearly 

 round. 



BAK1M-;.J^ OWL. 



No ear-tufts: upper parts grayish brown, barred with whit^: tail ai.d quill 

 feathers barred ashy brown and white; facial disc gray, finely mottled; under parts 

 white, somewhat tinged with buffy, the breast barred and the sides and belly streaked 

 with brown. Bill yellow; eyes, brownish black. 



L., 20.00; W.". 13.50; T., 9.50. 



INSECT DESTROYERS. 



During the last twenty years the decrease in the number of small birds about our 

 farms and gardens and the consequent increase of insect pests has become a cause 

 of serious complaint. 



Insects now affect every form of vegetable life. Borers work their way beneath 

 the bark of the trees and cut long tunnels through the wood. Leaf eaters, by indivi- 

 dual or combined attacks, often completely defoliate the trees. Curculios and grubs 

 of various sorts enter the fruit, disfiguring it and rendering it useless, and weevils, 

 with many other insects, attack our grain croi)s an<l di^spoil the farmer of the reward 

 of his skill and labor. 



