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of the coverts, with still darker bars. The feathers of the 

 face were just beginning to show. 



During my absence the owl grew normally, and finally es- 

 caped, only to return for more chicken, and was killed while 

 indulging a cultivated appetite for chicken. 



I visited the nesting site in April of the following year. An 

 empty egg shell proved that the nest was occupied again. Re- 

 turning on the 13th we found the post ready set. The old bird 

 was on the nest when I started down, but soon flew away. In 

 the nest were three downy young, with pin feathers just be- 

 ginning to show in the largest bird. There were also three 

 young Pinon Jays, a Pocket Gopher (Thomomys), and the 

 hind quarters of a cotton-tail rabbit, all food for the young. 



VOUNG VVESTERX HORNED OWL. 



