2 COPEIA 



obtained at this time bearing his field numbers 1159 

 to 1168. Six of these are Periophthalmus (Perioph- 

 thalmodon) schlosseri, two Boleophthalmus boddaer- 

 ti, and two Apocryptes borneensis. Of the first 

 named species one about two inches long has the spin- 

 ous dorsal wanting ; in two of the same size it is about 

 XV; in one about two and a half inches long XV, 

 with the first spinous ray noticeably produced ; in two 

 about three and a half inches XIII and XVI, the 

 first spinous ray filamentous a distance equal to two- 

 thirds of the head or more. The Boleophthalmus have 

 about seven narrow oblique imperfect dark bands on 

 the body, best defined posteriorly and dorsally, and 

 conspicuous pale bluish spots on the bodv and dorsal 

 fins.— Ed.] 



FISH AS OWL FOOD. 



On March 28, 1915, three horned owls (Bubo 

 virginianus virginiarius) were hatched near East 

 Patchogue, N. Y. Two of the young survived and I 

 observed them until their flight. Their chief food was 

 rabbits and yellow perch (Perca flavescens) , with an 

 occasional mouse and gray squirrel. The perch were 

 spawning in a neighboring pond, and large schools 

 of the fish in a sluggish state were collected in shal- 

 low water along the banks where the old owls could 

 readily capture them. Great quantities of the scales 

 in the nest, with an occasional fin, together with the 

 strong fishy odor of the nest, left no doubt as to the 

 identity of the fish. 



Frank Ovekton, 

 Patchogue, N. Y. 



AN EXTENSION OF THE RECORDED 

 RANGE OF THREE SPECIES OF 

 FISHS IN NEW ENG- 

 LAND WATERS. 



Scoliodon terrae-novae (Richardson). Of the 

 range of this species, Garman, in The Plagiostomia 



