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whom we had kept apart, came upon this owl incapable of mov- 

 ing itself, and laid it in the bottom of their boat. They brought 

 the bird in to us when we landed, knowing that we were inter- 

 ested in birds. So we took it into our hands and thus identified 

 it. When we laid it up on the roof of a low camp to dry, it 

 refused to remain there and flopped down into the neighboring 

 bushes, seeking apparently shelter from the clear sun, and a 

 hiding-place. So we left it in the bushes out of harm's way, 

 thinking that a drying out of its pinions would enable it to use 

 its wings again and take care of itself. We did not see that it 

 was injured, but judged it to be disabled merely by its soaked 

 condition. How it came to be upon the lily-pads and became 

 water-soaked we could not determine, neither did the men who 

 were its rescuers know. 



Mr. Spaulding states that he has several records of this 

 species and that one year he found it nesting. He says, " On 

 May 25, 1905, the nest, when found, contained five half- grown 

 young. The nest was in a deserted Crow's nest in heavy growth 

 of swamp spruce." 



61. Asio flammeus. Short-eared Owi.. 



A rare fall migrant. Mr. Spaulding states that he has 

 taken this owl once within his recollection, namely, in 1895, on 

 one of the meadows below the town (Lancaster), late in the fall. 



62. Strix varia varia. Barred Owi.. 



An uncommon resident. One only, it may be, is heard 

 hooting in the course of the season, and there have been four 

 seasons, without a record of the species. In 1908 one occupied 

 the fifty-acre piece of woodland on the Highland the entire sum- 

 mer. It was repeatedly seen throughout June and July, and 

 although not recorded in August, was again seen in September 

 up to the latter part of the month. On other occasions one has 

 been heard hooting on the Highland. On September i, 1904, 

 one was seen perching beside the Mt. Madison road in Randolph 

 at midday. On September 27, 1906, one was heard calling at 

 the foot of Mt. Adams in Randolph, as we returned home at dusk. 



