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date of Jan. 17, 1906, writes that he had received fifty-seven Snowy 

 Owls in the past four weeks, which was more than the receipts for 

 the past three years together. These owls were sent in from points 

 in the western, northwestern, and southern parts of the State. 



Mr. W. A. Deggeller, taxidermist, Stillwater, Minn., writes that 

 he had received four specimens up to Jan. 9, 1906, from Watertown, 

 St. Paul, and Withrow. 



Mr. Julius Brandt, Jr., taxidermist, New Ulm, Minn., received 

 four specimens from Martin County, near the Iowa border, pre- 

 vious to Dec. 23, 1905. 



Mr. Albert Boehm, taxidermist, La Crosse, Wis., under date of 

 Dec. 19, 1905, reports having received three Snowy Owls from 

 Minnesota, — one from Lake City, early in November, one from 

 Harmony, Nov. 24, and one from Wyoming, Dec. 10. 



The mean temperature for Minnesota for Nov., 1905, was 

 33.01°; for December, 1905, 20.06°. 



South Dakota. 



Mr. Otto Munson, taxidermist, Custer, S. Dak., received one 

 Snowy Owl on Dec. 16, 1905, which had been taken at Edgemont„ 

 S. Dak., and Mr. Julius Brandt, Jr., of New Ulm, Minn., received 

 three from points in South Dakota prior to Dec. 23, 1905. 



Nebraska. 



Mr. J. W. Elwood, manager of the Northwestern School of 

 Taxidermy, at Omaha, Nebr., writes under date of April 9, 1906,. 

 that he had received more Snowy Owls for mounting during the 

 past winter than ever before, the flight having been exceptionally 

 large. From twenty-six to thirty were received, principally from 

 western Nebraska and the Dakotas, while a few were from Iowa 

 and Minnesota. 



Mr. Myron H. Swenk, Lincoln, Neb., writes under date of Jan. 

 10, 1906: "I have received within a few weeks a specimen of 

 Snowy Owl from Ulysses, Butler Co., shot Dec. 8, 1905, and have 

 records of a specimen from Crawford, Sioux Co., two from Omaha, 



