278 Deane, Unusual Abutidancc of the Sfiozvy Otvl. I '^'^^ 



Mr. Elon Howard Eaton, Canandaigua, N. Y., writing under 

 date of March 6, 1902, states that there has been no unusual 

 flight of Snowy Owls in his locality. He states that the collectors 

 and taxidermists report that they have received several, although 

 not as many as in average years. One collector reported four, 

 taken on the shore of Lake Ontario, and states that they were all 

 collected about the i8th of November, the first heavy snow storm 

 of the season coming at that time. 



Mr. Wm. S. Johnson, Booneville, N. Y., writing under date of 

 March 19, 1902, informs me as follows: "Snowy Owls appeared 

 in this locality the latter part of December, the last one being 

 seen the last week in February. During this time about twenty, 

 to my knowledge, were observed ; fifteen of this number were 

 shot, ten of which were mounted by our local taxidermist. Of 

 these ten only three were females. The stomach contents of five 

 of them were sent to the U. S. Dept. of Agriculture, and were 

 found to contain the remains of the common meadow mouse 

 i^Microtus pciinsylvaiiicus) ^ one stomach containing the remains of 

 six." 



Mr. Thomas Rowland, taxidermist, New York City, under date 

 of March 5, advises me that he had eight Snowy Owls sent to him, 

 which were killed on Long Island, the first specimen being 

 received January 10, 1902. He also states that he received 

 several more of these owls from Canada. 



Province of Quebec. 



Sir James M. Le Moine of Quebec, writes me under date of 

 February 19, 1902, that one specimen of the Snowy Owl was 

 observed on his grounds, ' Spencer Grange,' which was very 

 unusual, and that he had received a reliable account of six, which 

 were seen and some of them captured at Compton, P. Q., about 

 fifteen miles north of the Vermont border. 



Mr. C. E. Dionne of Quebec, in writing under date of Febru- 

 ary 27, 1902, informs me that he has seen eleven Snowy Owls 

 this winter, which were shot at or in the neighborhood of the city 

 of Quebec. Out of four which he prepared, the stomachs of 

 three were empty ; the fourth contained a red-backed mouse and 



