^irain lields and tarliaril, iliciT has, iniluri miaU'lv. iliii 

 ing lecent vears been a ^icixt decrease in the number of 

 these birds in uianv localities in Pennsylvania. This 

 diniiniilion, I judj;e, is, to a considerable extent, due 

 10 the fact liiat the stutTed lieads of ihese lianuless ami 

 henelicial owls have been extensively used to decorate 

 ladies" headgear. Great numbers of these owls wen; 

 also killed for bounties; I knew one huntef who shot 

 in one week over twenty of these birds when the 

 bounty act was in fo^rce. Tiie stomachs of thirteen of 

 this lot of owls were examined by the writer and they 

 all coniaincd only llie remains of mice. 



WHAT DIFFKREXT WRITKHS S.\Y OF ITS FOC1D. 



Dr. A. K. Fisher says: 



•The Long-eared Owl is one of 

 destroying: vast numbers of injur 

 touching insectivorous birds." 



Audubon writes: 



-Mr. H. W. ITenshaw remarks 



■Their food consisis 

 ..ley kill vast number 

 tection of the farmer 



iiirii louu L"ii!,isi» inmost exclusively of lieUi miie. of which 

 hey kill vast numbers, a fact which should earn them the pro- 



