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OTHER BIRDS. ETC. 



lu additioD to the hawks aud owls particularized in 

 the two preceding eolnnms, the remains of the fol 

 lowing species of birds and other animals were seen 

 hanging to the sides of barns, sheds, &c.: 



Crows, 16. Northern Raven, 1. 



Great Blue Heron, 4. "Great Bittern, li. 



Blue Jay, 2. Grebes, 2. 



Fish Hawk. 2. Night Hawk, 2. 



Kingfisher, 1. Night Heron, 'A. 



Green Heron, 4. Black Bear (Skulls or 



Foxes, 2. paws), 8. 



Raccoons, 5. W'oodchucks, 2. 



Downy and Hairy Wood- Squirrels, 27. 



peckers, 7. PiJeated Woodpecker, I. 



King Bird, I. Opossum, 3. 



INCREASE OP DESTRUCTIVE RODENTS. 



The marked scarcity in grass fields and meadow 

 lands during the winter season (when these birds for 

 raerly were most numerous in the farming districts) 

 of Red-tailed. Red-shouldered, Rough-legged and Spar- 

 row hawks, and the Long-eared and Short-eared owls, 

 for several years past, has been the cause of consider 

 able comment among thoughtful and intelligent farm 

 ers, who attribut<' the appreciable increase in hordes 

 of ravenous field or meadow mice to the wholesale 

 slaughter, as carried on under the Scalp act of 1885, 

 of their natural enemies, the hawks and owls. 



VULTURES. EAGLES, HAWKS AND OWLS. 



The following list embraces the rapacious birds 

 which are attributed to the fauna of I'ennsylvania. 

 This list includes species which occur here duriny: all 



