THE BIRDS OF WAYNE COUNTY. 



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GENUS NYCTEA STEPHENS. 



SNOWY OWL, GREATLY REDUCED. 



72. Nyctea Nyctea 

 Snowy Owl. 



A rare and irregular winter visitor. One caught near Wooster a number of 

 years ago was for several months maintained in confinement, its chief diet consisting 

 of raw liver. A fine adult specimen now in the possession of Mr. J. Blandford, was 

 secured in the northern part of the County, in January, 1878. There are records of 

 two others taken during the same winter, one of which was shot at night from the top 

 of a chimney in Wooster. This specimen is now' in the museum of Wooster 

 University. 



