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Vol. III. Xu. 



NEW YORK. ()C1\H!KR, 1895. 



$1.00 Pi:r Ylar. 



Photographs of Living Birds. 



Aiken's Owl, and Wood Pewf.e. 



NUMBER of years ago I published in 

 Forest and Stream* an account of my 



are now in the United States National Museum 

 collection, and resemble those of the other 

 members of this genus in shape and color, and 

 average slightly larger than the eggs of the 

 Mexican Screech Owl, measuring 36.5.\3i, 

 having,withmytwosons, discovered near 36x30.5, and 34.5x31 millimeters.* 

 Fort Wingate, N. Mex., the nest and eggs Recently, in going over my somewhat exten 



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of a pair of Ai 

 ken's Owl (J/f- 

 g as cops a. ai- 

 keni). Not only 

 was I so fortu- 

 nate as to ob- 

 tain upon that 

 occasion the 

 three eggs of 

 this species, but 

 the pairof birds 

 to which they 

 belonged were 

 also secured 

 alive. These 

 latter were kept 

 in confinement 

 for over a week, 

 during which 

 time I made 

 very good pho- 

 tographs of 

 both of them — 

 the sexes being 

 taken singly as 

 well as together 

 on the same 

 plate. 



Some time 

 after this Ben- 

 dire saw these 

 pictures and 

 thought them 

 to beof Aiken's 

 Screech Owl, 



aiken's screech owl, cf and ¥ . 



(From photographs of living birds.) 



sive collection 

 ofphotographic 

 negativesof an- 

 imals, I met 

 with the one 

 whichhadthese 

 Owls taken to- 

 gether upon it. 

 Itmade a pretty 

 good print on 

 trial, and a half- 

 tone from the 

 same is given 

 herewith as an 

 illustration to 

 the present ar- 

 ticle. I made 

 theoriginal pic- 

 ture in one of 

 the rooms of 

 the old govern- 

 ment hospital 

 at Fort Win- 

 gate ; getting 

 thepair of birds 

 to stand upon a 

 pine bough pre- 

 pared for the 

 purpose. Be- 

 hind them Isus- 

 pended a sheet 

 so as to give a 

 white back- 

 ground. I am 

 under the im- 



and said, " They show every indication that the pression that no figures of whatever kind of this 

 originals belonged to this race." The eggs 



*Vol. 



, No. 14. New York, April 28, 18: 



*Bendi RE, Ch.\rles.— i//f H istaries 0/ North A jrifrican Birds^ 

 with special reference to their breeding habits and eggs. 4to. 

 12 litho. plates, Washington, i8g2, p. 370. 



