THE SNOWY OWL. 



AYhatdo you think of this bird 

 with his round, puffy head ? You 

 of course know it is an Owd. I 

 want you to know him as the 

 Snowy Owk 



Don't you think his face is 

 some like that of your cat? 

 This fellow is not full grown, 

 but only a child. If he were full 

 grown he would be pure white. 

 The dark color you see is only 

 the tips of the feathers. Y"ou 

 can't see his beak very well for 

 the soft feathers almost cover it. 



His large soft eyes look very 

 pretty out of the wdiite feathers. 

 What color would you call them ? 

 Most owls are quiet during the 

 day and very busy all night. 

 The Snowy Owl is not so quiet 

 daytimes. He flies about con- 

 siderably and gets most of his 

 food in daylight. 



A hunter wdio was resting 

 under a tree, on the bank of a 

 river, tells this of him: 



''A Snowy Owl was pei'ched on 

 the branch of a dead tree that 

 had fallen into the river. He 

 sat there looking into the water 

 and blinking his large eyes. 



Suddenly he reached out and 

 before I could see how he did it, 

 a fish w^as in his claws." 



This certainly show^s that he 

 can see well in the day time. He 

 can see best, however, in the 

 twilight, in cloudy weather or 

 moonlight. That is the w^ay 

 with your cat. 



The wing feathers of the owl 

 are different from those of most 

 birds. They are as soft as dowm. 

 This is why you cannot hear him 

 wdien he flies. Owls wdiile perch- 

 ing are almost always found in 

 quiet places where they will not 

 be disturbed. 



Did you ever hear the voice of 

 an owl in the night? If you 

 never have, you cannot imagine 

 how dreary it sounds. He surely 

 is '' The Bird of the Night." 



