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THE MACFARLANE SCREECH OWL. 
LEECH 
where 
dail 
‘ I 
1 cl 
but after incuba- 
tion commenced 
the birds became 
silent. The eggs 
were noted as be- 
ing chiefly oval 
in shape, but in 
capacity nearly 
equal to those of 
the Long - eared 
Owl 
“All the nests 
found near Walla 
Walla, 
ton, 
Washing- 
placed 
cavities 
ood 
fifteen 
feet 
were 
in natural 
incottonw 
trees, from 
to twenty 
the 
and invariably near 
of 
from ground, 
water In two 
the holes occupied 
by them I found 
trout from six to 
eight inches long 
and a small white 
fish “ore 
WHAM SON 
Coregonus 
about 
inches long 
It still puzzles me 
to know how they 
manage to catch 
obtainable, these as well as fre gs f ] 
fare, while the smaller rodents and 
believe it catches birds to any 
inentl LiS¢ ful species.’ 
