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The following epitaph is of interest: " 'Old Bnbo,' the college pet. 

 Caught in a steel trap in September, 1885, and kept in the basement 

 of Owen Hall until January, 1886, when he died." 



71. [376] Nijcfca m/rfca (hiun. ) . Snowy Owl. 



Rare winter visitor (C. H. B. '86.). Last date, January 25, 1903 

 (P. J. H.). 



72. [387] CoccijzKS aniericanus (Ijhni.). Yellow-billed Cnckoo.-^ 

 Common summer resident. April 13 to Sept. 24. Breeds. A nest 



of the. Yellows-billed Cuckoo w^as found May 30, 1901. It contained one 

 egg on that day and two on the next. It was in a spice-bush three 

 feet above the gTOund and w^as built of sticks and partly lined with 

 leaves (W. L. H.). May 25, 1903, a nest and two eggs were found 

 about seven feet up in a grapevine (C. G. L.). In 1885 a nest with 

 fresh eggs was found as late as June 30, by B. W. Evermann (Butler). 

 "The visual nest is a mere pretense, a flimsy structure of a few sticks, 

 with a few blossoms, generallj' of the oak, upon which to lay the eggs. 

 Occasionally a very substantial nest is built— one such was found at 

 Bloomington, Ind., by my friend, Mr. O. M. Meyncke" (Butler). 



MIGEATION EECORD. 



