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 Long-eared Owl. 



Asio wilsoiiiaims (Less.). AzT-gaht. 



Not a widely-known name. A few profess to know this 

 owl, though it breeds regularly on the islands in the St. 

 John River. 



Great Horned Owl. 



Bubo Tirgiuianus (GmeL). Tiq-tv/V, or Tiq-tug'l'. 



Imitation of cry. It is the bugaboo of small children 

 and papooses: "Tiqfigli ! kowoltiJikw ! — Owl! go to 

 sleep ! " the Indian mother says to her child. Equivalent 

 nearly to " Devil git you, go to sleep " 



Snowy Owl. 



Nyctea nyctea (Linn.). Wa'-be-kok'-wo-kus', White Owl. 



Barred Owl. 



Syriiium liebulosuni (Forst.). Kok'-wo-kas'. 

 Imitation pronounced in full is " kok-wjk-ho-ho" and 

 doubtless is applied also to the hooting of the Great 

 Horned Owl, which says in English, "Who cooks for you ?" 



Red-tailed Hawk, 



Buteo foorealis (GmeL), 

 and all other large Hawks not specifically mentioned, 

 O-wu'-ha ; from dowuJia, a very old word, referring to con- 

 stant search for food. 



Sharp-shinned Hawk. 



Accipiter velox (Wils. ). Two names : 

 (i) Ka-glhk'-wXs, Little-" Hawk ; " from kdgehkw, 

 hawk (Penobscot) ; (Chippeway, kagek.) Only the diminu- 

 tive occurs, but is far more common than the next : 

 (2) O'-zvii-hah'-sls, Little-" Hen-Hawk." 



American Osprey. 



Panclion lialiaetus caroliuensis (GmeL). I'-so-ma gwes'. 



Ishmcigw'n, half a fish. It is said to eat but half of a fish, 

 the middle half (!) and throws away the head and tail. A 

 lazy, good-for-nothing fellow who spends much of his time 

 fishing, is called " fsomagives — Fish Hawk." 



