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one was in the black plumage. Sparrow Hawks have been and still 

 are abundant. 



With a few words on other Owls than the kind already mentioned, 

 I conclude. Barred and Great Horned Owls have been rather more 

 common than usual, and Long-eared Owls abundant in localities. 

 Mottled Owls do not seem as common as usual. Until last fall I 

 had never met with the Saw-whet Owl (Nyctale acadica) at this 

 point, and was surprised at having one brought me on December 1. 

 This bird was taken from a hole in a tree alive. Just after a severe 

 storm, in the early part of December, I was told of some small Owls 

 being quite common in a certain cedar grove. In this and in an 

 adjacent grove on December 10 I obtained ten Saw-whet Owls, and 

 the following day seven more. Since that time until writing I have 

 found these birds more or less common in cedar groves, and have 

 obtained many more specimens. During the day they roost in 

 cedars close to the trunk, and can frequently be taken alive in the 

 hand. They seem to affect scattered groves, where the trees do not 

 grow too thickly. Most of the birds taken are females, and, judging 

 from their ovaries, the time of breeding cannot be more than six 

 weeks or two months distant. The testes in the males taken are 

 as large as No. 2 shot, and in one case were much more developed. 

 Though the birds may breed in this region, I have yet to meet with 

 them during the breeding season ; but a careful search may result 

 in finding their nests during the coming season. 



It is hardly necessary to state that none of the specimens of the 

 Saw-whets presented the peculiar plumage known as N. albifrons. 

 As I write (January 20), these birds are still common, and are to 

 be met with more in hollow trees than before the severe cold of the 

 past three weeks. 



On January 1 I secured a specimen of the Goshawk (Astur atrica- 

 pillus), and a second one on January 7. Both these are females in 

 immature plumage. Two others have been uoted, one adult. Since 

 the great snow-fall of the 15th and lGth of January, the Rough- 

 legged Hawks have become much more abundant, and are now 

 almost as common as the Red-tailed Hawks, which are still very 

 common. 



On January 21 six Carolina Doves {Zencedura carolinensis) were 

 seen. On January 23 several others were noted. Mr. R. H. Allen 

 informs me that he has seen several of these birds at Chatham. 



