BIRDS. 



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taken in the hand in the daytime, the Eskimos of Alaska have given 

 them the name of " blind ones." 



Saw-wiiet Owl : C ■ryptoglaux acadlca accu/tca.—Mv. Bryant says 

 that the saw-whet is rare in the park and (hat the mounted one at 



Photograph by Robert B. Rockwell. 



Fic. 59. — Screech owl at home in a hollow tree. 



Lewis's came from outside the park. In 1895 Messrs. Bailey and 

 Howell reported hearing one at dark on June 1, at the upper St. 

 Mary Lake. As it is a small nocturnal owl of the deep forest it 

 may easily be overlooked. 



