150 WINGED ROBBERS AND NEST-BUILDERS. 



sions into many towns in New England, and his 

 advent is sure to be the subjest of conversation for 

 nine days at least, at the corner grocery and among 

 the young hunters of the village. "Bob," without 

 a gun of course, had seen one down in the pines, 

 and "Nat," cutting across the "Nicky lot," had 

 scared one from a scraggy apple-tree, that glided 

 away as silently as a ghost, and was soon lost in 

 the snowy landscape. A lot of large feathers 

 scattered under the turkey roost next morning, 

 and a missing fowl, told too plainly that the spec- 

 tre in the form of the snowy owl had appeared 

 in the moonlight night and carried off the flower 

 of the flock. 



For this crime and also for the love of hunting, 

 no peace is given to Snowy who, innocently enough, 

 reared as he is in the North where birds are not 

 domesticated, considers all game as legitimate. 

 Before the season ends, the boys have succeeded 

 in trapping him, or in obtaining his skin, which 

 when stuffed is placed in their museum or on the 

 mantel as a proof of their skill and valor. 



If he is as well mounted as Mr. Field's white 

 owl, he is certainly a curiosity. His large yellow 

 eyes in front, firmly fixed in their sockets so that 

 they can be turned in any direction only as the 



