iiiifc ;m(l frofjfs. From ueccssity, ii.s well as (■lidico, 

 I hey not unfre(jueiitly appear around the farmhouse 

 and garden in quest of poultry, i)articularly young 

 chickens. At tlicsc times they prowl abroad toward 

 evening, and liy low and sleadil.\' about, as if healing 

 for their prey. 



In tlie stomachs of 8!) of these owls which Dr. Fislun- 

 examined, 5 conlained pouKry or game; 1.3, other birds; 

 -K;, mice; IS, olher uiammnls; 4, frogs; 1, a lizai-d; 2. 

 fisli; II, insects; L', sjiidcrs and !), crawlisli. 



