OTHER BIRDS. ETC. 



iu jidditioii U) the hawks and owls ijarticiilarized in 

 the two preceding colunius, the i-eiiiains of the fol 

 lowing species of birds and other animals were seen 

 hanging to the sides of barns, sheds, &c. : 

 Grows, 16. Northern Raven, 1. 



Great Blue Heron, 4 Great Bittern, -J. 



Blue Jay, 2. Grebes, 2. 



Pish Hawk. 2. Xight Hawk, 2. 



Kingfisher, 1. Xight Heron, .1. 



Green Heron, 4. Black Bear (Skulls oi- 



Foxes, 2. paws), 8. 



Kaceoons, 5. Woodchueks, 2. 



Downii and Hairv Wood Squirrels, 27. 



peckers, 7. Fileated Woodpecker, 1. 



King Bird, 1. Opossum. 3. 



INCREASE OF DESTRUCTIVE RODENTS. 



The marked scarcity in grass fields and meadow 

 lands during the winter season (when these birds for- 

 merly were most numerous in the farming districts) 

 of Red-tailed, Red-shouldered, Rough-legged and Spar- 

 row hawks, and the Long-eared and Short-eared owls, 

 for several years past, has been the cause (>.f consider 

 able comment among thoughtful and intelligent farm 

 ers, who attribute the appreciable increase in hordes 

 of ravenous field or meadow mice to the wholesale 

 slaughter, as carried on under the Scalp act of ISSf), 

 of their natural enemies, the hawks and owls. 



VULTURES. EAGLES, HAWKS AND OWLS. 



Tile following list embraces the rapacious birds 

 which arc attributed to the fami;i of Pennsylvania. 

 Tliis \\<t includes s)iecies which occiii' here during all 



