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meroiis and were generally distributed. They were again observed 

 over the northern part of the State in 1889-90. The earliest appear- 

 ances are early in NoTember, and most of them are generally seen in 

 that month and December. I^sually they are gone in February, 

 though one was reported from Valparaiso, March 31, 1887 (Trouslot); 

 and Mr. C. E. Aiken informs me of one observed "about May," 1870, 

 in Lake County. Besides a lot of general records, I may mention the 

 following, from the counties named: Carroll, 1865 (Evermann); La- 



Snowy Owl. 



])(irte, Michigan City, December 21, 1883 (Miss Colfax); Lawrence, 

 near Bedford, 1887 (Chansler); Chicago, HI., two, November 3, 1885 

 (Parker); Porter, two, winter of 1885-6; one prior to that (Trouslot); 

 1st of Fovemlier, 1887 (Byrkit); Decatur (Guthrie); 2 taken, several 

 others seen, winter of 1886-7 (Shannon); Putnam, 1888 (Clearwaters); 

 \'i,H(), November 20, 1889; Olivet, Mich., December 2, 1889, near 

 White Pigeon, Mich., 1889 (Evermann); Allen, one, winter of 1889-90 

 (Stof kbridge); Tippecanoe, February 20, 1891 (Moffitt); Wabash, near 

 Eoann, one, probably winter of 1891-2, one, near North Manchester, 

 winter 1893, and one in 1894 (Ulrey and Wallace); Marion, near 

 Southport, November, 1894 (Noe); one also taken at Sandusky, 0., 

 N^ovember 26, 1896 (Moseley). 



Although they are with us only occasionally, their visits are bene- 



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