Packing the eggs we proceeded to a place where 

 the year before I had taken a set of two eggs. 

 Up to the nest I climbed and found a soft bed of 

 green leaves in a hollow, but no owls were any- 

 where in sight, so thinking the nest was only 

 occupied by flying squirrels I left it. 

 During the next hour I visited several likely pla- 

 ces, but found only common eggs which I left. 

 I did not get to go again until the 22nd of April 

 ten days later, I went first to the nest having the 

 green leaves in it; with faint hopes I climbed the 

 tree, but reaching the opening I saw a screech 

 owl at the bottom of the hole. 

 Carefully lifting her up I saw two eggs, I exam- 

 ined these and found incubation commenced so I 

 took them. I placed the old bird on a twig near 

 by, where she sat staring at me till I descended. 

 The nest was in the hollow of a live willow tree, 

 near a marshy piece of ground surrounded b y 

 straggiey woods. The cavity was two feet deep 

 and the nest material was wet. 

 On May 20th some rioys showed me two young 

 screech owls nearly grown, they told me that the 



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