'Bulletin A T o. 12. 9 



Ruby- and Golden-crowned Kinglets, Regulus calendula and 

 satra-pa. — Are seen and heard in the woods. Seem to be about the 

 same number as last season. 



Rusty Blackbird, Scolecophagus ferrugineus. — Were seen in small 

 flocks during October. Last Nov. 12. 



Red-winged Blackbird, Agelaiiis fhoniceus. — Were with us in large 

 flocks during October. 



Bronzed Grackle, Quiscalus quisada aeneus. — Present in large 

 flocks during October. 



Whit Harrison, La Crescent, Minn. 



Where the Juncos Roost. — In a hilly piece of woodland near here 

 the banks in many places are so steep that the earth slides down, leaving 

 an overhanging fringe of roots and rootlets, covered above with mould 

 and fallen leaves — a continuation of the surface soil of the hill-tops. 

 Within these cave-like places the Juncos roost in considerable numbers, 

 probably all within reasonable distances of the banks, and apparently 

 occupy them all winter. 



J. C. Galloway, Montgomery, O. 



The American Long-eared Owl in Confinement Drinks Water. — 

 An American Long-eared Owl was taken on May 25th last, together 

 with four others, from an old crow's nest in a deep tamarack swamp in 

 Jackson county. They were apparently about two weeks old and yet in the 

 down. The individual in question was kept alive and christened "Soc- 

 crates", while his four less fortunate brothers and sisters with the parent 

 bird were made ready for the skin shelves. Now I had kept Great 

 Horned Owls, and Screech Owls for over two years at a time and never 

 had I known one to drink water nor had they an opportunity to do so if 

 they wished. Socrates was kept for about six months in our cellar and 

 well fed with mice, sparrows and red squirrels, bits of meat, etc., and he 

 thrived and grew. One day a dish of water chanced in his presence and 

 he placed himself in the three inches of water, drank very heartily, tak- 

 ing long gulps and then raising the head and swallowing as do the ordi- 

 nary fowls. Since then he has been regularly provided with water, and he 

 seems to want it as would a canary or goldfinch. He is now in a spacious 

 cage, a hearty undisputed example of a survivor of total abstinence of 

 water (not fire water, but aqua pura, H. 2 0). Let the camel "look to his 

 laurels." Query, do owls and hawks at large and in confinement usually 

 drink and do they need to do so ? 



L. Whitney Watkins, Manchester, Mich. 



