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.Mr. Olio Uchr vviiles me ;is follows of tliis spccits: 

 "Tlie Acadian Owl is quite eoininon here (Lopez, Sulli 

 \an connt.v), tIion};;li not often seen; the younj^ leave 

 the nest ahoul llie first week in Ma.v. They make a 

 noise which sounds like a dog ''sniffing" the aii. The 

 noise gave ine i|uite a scare the first time I heard it. 

 It being at nighf in heavy timber, and as it seemed tcv 

 come from overhead somewhere, I sui)j)osed it was a 

 bear or some such animal up a tree near by." 



This little owl preys chiefly on small (iuadru[)cds, 

 principally mice. It also devours many insects and 

 occasionally catches .small birds. In the stomachs of 

 1!) of these ftwls which Dr. Fisher examined 17 coji- 

 laiiied iiiice; 1, a sparrow, and 1. a moth. 



