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the clift* to the ledge beneath the nest and then climbing up a pole that was 

 placed on this ledge so as to reach the narrow shelf in front of the small 

 nesting cave. The first set of eggs is usually laid from about January 20th 

 to the middle of February, governed b}^ the conditions of the weather. 



Two eggs were deposited in the nest last season between Jan. 16th and 

 Feb. 2nd. I visited the nest in March and it contained one young Owl ; from 

 appearances I think that one of the young had been taken by some one. 





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Photo by E. C. Lambert. 

 Watching Her Little Ones That Have Just Hatched. 



This nest has been robbed regularly for about a dozen years as often as the 

 collecting season comes around, and the faithful old Owl has invariably de- 

 posited a second set, and in nearly every instance that this has been taken, a 

 third also ; generally the first two sets have been of three eggs each and the 

 last of two, making eight eggs that the old owl has frequently laid in a sea- 

 son. Several years ago when I commenced to really take an interest in bird 

 study, I read a query, asking which had the deeper voice, a male or female 

 Horned Owl. One moonlight night I went to this cliff and watched and lis- 



