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3 HAVE made mention in my bird list at the end 

 of this book, of the boldness of this bird. In 

 my opinion, not ^ven the eagle can approach it 

 on that score. It is a well known fact that this 

 owl will attack and kill porcupines, a feat that 

 few animals will attempt. I once had a dog, a 

 cocker spaniel, killed by one of them. It was in 

 November, and there were only a few inches of 

 snow on the ground. We had the dog with us 

 for partridge shooting. We were at one of our 

 permanent log camps. As camp stoves were not 

 in use in those days we built open fire places and 

 left a good sized aperture in the roof of our camps 

 for the smoke to escape. When the fire burned 

 brightly, it would shed considerable light on the 

 surrounding trees. This frequently attracted 

 owls of various kind, and it was no unusual thing 

 to shoot them from the door of our camp. On the 

 night in question, it was very dark and mild, 

 and as we had been baking bread, it was very hot 

 inside our camp and we had left the door ajar. 

 Our dog was out poking around somewhere when 

 suddenly it gave a yell of pain. It had not bark- 

 ed previously, so I knew that no animal was the 

 cause I was just going to the door to find out 

 what was wrong, when the dog rushed in, with 



