/ North- U "/". !'l 



telt \>-\\ uneasy, as I >liil n t want t'> '>Ut all 



iiij/ht for I klii-\v this \M.ul'l alaim tin in at 



! shall L 'et kill.. I through diml.iiiL' n. 



\r last tin- li^lir i in li< >ii-.- x'liinnien-d 



uj> I .e for,- in,' am) <>n en.|uirin^ my uto t'"Uiil I 



ii miles i that it .11 od.M-k. < Mi 



hiiie/ li"Hif two hours lat'-r 1 found my \vil'- in ;i 

 trim-lit \v. ii, I. i -in^ what >uld have ) efallt n n.. 



tin- I saw am-th. r s M owy ..wl j..-rch.-.| ,,na 

 itore in >iir 't' iur ]>rinri].al -t). r.-wd of 



^a/iii^f uj) at it. and th-r ] ain^' in \t-hiclt-s ].ul- 

 N-.l n j. t<> hav- a l< <>k at tin- Lin I ; this \\ as al nut ti\ orl- ck. 

 ' j-assrd tin- j'lac.- at t-n o'clock at ni^ht. if was still t: 

 I. nt ha<l ^onr tin- following morning. 



Thfr.- ai.- thivr other sj , ci,. s of owls that an- t're(|m-ntly 



shot at Hush L-ikr. vi/.: Tin- ^n-at .L r ivy owl, Kiclianls.,n s 



owl. ami Ani.T : -an hawk owl. All tlm-c sj , ,-j,.s |,r,.-<l in tin- 



I).TI- livt-r n-(,Mon, ami northwanl to Kdnionton. this 



listrirt iM-in^j wrll w<HMK-(l is siiital.lr to tin- haliits of t! 



Tin- ^i owl is common on tin- l.oi'.l'-rs ( .i 



I >r. Hichanlson t'oiinl a nrst lat<- in N' 



it was t.iiilt in a lofty lalsam poplar, ami was comjios.-.l of 

 -tii-ks with a lining of f.-ath.-rs. It usually lays two r,r t 

 whir \vhirh an- not larger than th- fggs of tin- -r--at 



honif.l owl. I have a tim- sjH-ciim-n tliat was shot in tin- 

 itfl north-. -ast of Winnipeg, early in summer. This gpei 



siiiiini.-r n-si. It-iit in tin- wooded regions amuml Lik- 

 Winni|i.-r ami ManitoKa. Hicluu-.lson's. or T.-n^malm's owl 

 inhatiits all tin- W.MM!...! country sti-.-tchin^ from (iivat > 

 L-ik- to N.>rth.-ri) Montana. It is also comim.ii in tin- w>o<|r<l 

 districts honl.-rin^ th. H.-.l |\iv.-r ,,f tin- north. A clut< i 

 tiv.- eggs, collect. <l near K-lmontoii, May -2ml. IV'u 1U 



i:;KI I- rli.'V \\.-re taken from a n.-st in a jx)plar. tin- 

 ks ami lim-.l with leaves. I Miring 



the spring of |ss7 I had a numl-er of dutches of ,-^^ 

 _nialni s owl collected f.-r me in Asia M im>i the numU-r 

 >ur and five and the m-sts \\.-r.- all 



