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new 'find' starts spring housekeeping, 

 and I took occasion to note several 

 promising tree holes and cavities in 

 the vicinity where I might later call 

 to meet the other half of this elfin 

 pair of Owls. Once, years ago, beside 

 Lake Ontario, I had heard the Saw- 

 whet Owl's squeaky voice at midnighi., 

 rasping away at the saw that ever 

 needs sharpening. It is an unmistak- 

 able sound, and saw-whetting exactly 

 describes it. 



All writers speak of the Acadia n's 

 'tameness,' and of Mrs. Acadian's total 

 lack of resentment at man's intrusion 

 mto the nesting precincts; but the 

 most curious of all incidents concern- 

 ing this bird I think is this related by 

 the famous naturalist, Dr. Elliott 

 Coues: "In the hollow of an oak, not 

 far from Germantown, (Pa.), lives a 

 common chickadee squirrel (Sciurus 

 hudsonius), with a specimen of this 

 little Owl as his sole companion. They 

 occupy the same hole together in per- 

 fect harmony and mutual goodwill. It 

 is not an accidental, temporary asso 

 elation for bird and squirrel have re- 

 peatedly been observed to enter the 

 same hole together, as if they had al 

 ways shared the apartment. But what 

 benefit can either derive from the 

 other?" 



R. Fuller. 

 E. Jeffreys, N. H. 



BOOKS RECEIVED 



Report of Chief Game Guardian 

 Province of Saskatchewan, Canada, 

 1922. 



This very comprehensive review of 

 the activities of this office is as usual 

 well worth pursuing. Deductions as 

 to conditions in that Province are as 

 follows. Wild Ducks are Increasing; 

 Geese holding their own; Swan in- 

 creasing; Cranes locally about station- 

 ary. The good news is also given that 

 at least one nest with two eggs of the 

 Whopping Crane was discovered last 

 season. Prairie Chickens, Ruffed 

 Grouse, Hudsonian Partridge are re- 

 ported as increasing. The report 

 shows 142 convictions for violation of 

 Game Laws and 223 confiscations. The 

 distribution of 44,500 pieces of print- 

 ed matter is reported. The giving of 

 100 lectures with an aggregate attend- 

 ance of 16,264 people is also referred 

 to as well as activities in bird band- 

 ing. 



And as to big game it reports last 

 season as one of the busiest with 927 

 big game animals killed. It refers to 

 a red moose, which of course is a 

 freak, and reports a marked scarcity 

 of all kind of fur-bearing animals; 

 and contains specialized reports of 

 thirteen local Provincial Game Guard- 

 ians, and the names and address of 

 approximately 330 local voluntary 

 game wardens; shows the issuance of 

 four official collecting permits only 

 for the entire Province. This latter 

 item is truly a pitiful showing. All 

 in all this publication is a splendid 

 contribution, and far from the least in- 

 teresting portion of which is the last 

 couple of pages devoted to report of 

 H. H. Mitchell, Provincial Naturalist. 



R. M. B. 



