PLATE IX. — Regurgitated Owl Pellets. These pellets, composed 

 of boues and fur, also feathers of a Koljiu, were left near author's 

 house by Screech Owls. 



PLATE X. — The Same Pellets, dissected. The fur is shown in a 

 pile on the risjht, and, on tlie left, portions of skulls and other 

 bones of mice, shrews, and moles, eaten Ijy the Owls. 



