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near Meckling, Soutli Dakota, was offered for sale, but was not 

 purchased or mounted so far as the MTiter knows. On December 

 21 the writer was informed of one which had been shot near Mc- 

 Cook Lake, South Dakota, by farmers, because of alleged dep- 

 redations on chickens. On January 20, 1918, Mr. Anderson was 

 reliably informed that two had been seen sitting on a haystack 

 between Leeds and James (near Sioux City). On February 1 

 Mr. Anderson learned of two specimens which were hanging 

 on a fence post near Smithland, Iowa. In going over Mr. Ander- 

 son 's records I find that he has mounted forty-six specimens 

 of Sno^\y Owls between 1900 and 1917. While he has never had 

 so many in one season as in this year, yet in the winter of 1905-6 

 he received thirteen specimens. For the winter of 1917-18, in- 

 cluding the six mentioned above, the following forty specimens 

 are here recorded. 



SNOWY OWL. 



1. No. 2242. November 21, 1917, male from Remsen, Iowa. 



2. No. 2247. November 21, 1917, female from Brunswick, Ne- 

 braska. 



3. Field. November 25, 1917, reported at Meckling, South Dakota. 



4. No. 2252. December 4, 1917, male from Ethan. South Dakota. 



5. No. 2256. December 5, 1917, female from Altamont, South Da- 

 kota. 



6. No. 2257. December 8, 1917, male from Dakota City, Nebraska. 



7. No. 2258. December 11, 1917, female from LeMars, Iowa. 



8. No. 2259. December 11, 1917, female from Hinton, Iowa. 



9. No. 2261. December 17, 1917, female from Onawa, Iowa. 



10. No. 2261. December 19, 1917, male from Brownsville, Iowa. 



11. Field. December 21, 1917, killed at McCook Lake, South Dakota. 



12. No. 2263. December 21, 1917, female from Page, Nebraska. 



13. No. 2264. December 22, 1917, sex? from Hawarden, Iowa. 



14. No. 2265. December 23, 1917, male from Hinton, Iowa. ' 



15. No. 2267. December 24, 1917, male from Winside, Nebraska. 



16. No. 2268. December 24, 1917, male from Hawarden, Iowa. 



17. No. 2269. December 24, 1917, male from Winnebago. Nebraska. 



18. No. 2271. December 26, 1917, male from Beresford, South Da- 

 kota. 



19. No. 2277a. January 2, 1918, male from ? 



20. No. 2277b. January 2, 1918, male from Altoona, Iowa. 



21. No. 2279. January 4, 1918, female from Burbank, South Da- 

 kota. 



22. No. 2280. January 4, 1918, female from Randolph, Nebraska. 



23. No. 2281. January 4, 1918, male from Lester, Iowa. 



24. No. 2284. January 9, 1918, female from Bronson, Iowa. 



25. No. 2287. January 16, 1918, male from Pomeroy, Iowa. 



26. Field. January 20, 1918, two between Leeds and James. 



