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and proceeded to give a serenade. He was heard again on June 

 29 and July 1. This is the only bird of this species which the 

 writer saw in the region. 



76. Nyctea nyciea. fSnowy Owl. This species was an irreg'u- 

 lar winter visitor. Tlie writer saw nonliving birds during his 

 stay, but was informed by Mr. Charles Metcalf that several had 

 been seen during the month of January, 1914. There are a num- 

 ber of mounted specimens in the public library of IMarshalltown 

 without labels, but doubtless these are local birds. 



The remainder of this paper will appear in Volume XXVI of these 

 Proceedings. 



U. S. Department of Agriculture 

 Bureau op Biological Survey. 



