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Table showing the results of examinations of 38 stomachs of the Snowy Chvl. 

 {Nyciea nyctea.) 



Locality. 



Date. 



Poultry 1 



or game ! Other birds, 

 birds. '. 



Mammals. ■. Miscellaneous. 



AYashington, D. C 



Nov. 11, 1885 

 Nov. 20, 1885 

 Dec. 6, 1886 



Nov. 17, 1886 

 do 









Empty. 











Prarie 

 hen. 









Lockport, X. Y 



Do 







Do. 









Do. 



Chester County, Pa . . . 



Dec. 14.1886 

 Feb. — , 1889 



Mar. — , 1889 



....do 







House rat 



3 white footed 



mice. 

 Meadow mouse 











Winnipeg. Manitoba.. 

 Do 



Wild 

 duck. 











Do 



....do 











Do 



....do 







2 meadow mice, 

 white-footed, 

 mouse. 



Meadow mouse, 

 white-footed 

 mouse 



14 white- footed 

 mice, 3 mead- 

 ow mice. 





Do 



do 





Small finch 





Do 



....do 







Sac County, Iowa 



Story County, Iowa . . . 



Dec. 28,1882 

 Feb. 7,1882 

 Dec. 15,1886 

 ....do 













Babbit 













Do 









Do. 



Washington County, 



N. Y. 

 Toronto Island, On- 



Feb. 25,1887 

 Dec. 28. 1889 









Do. 





Bonaparte s gull 







tario. 



Do l Dec. 15,1889 



Do Dec — 1889 





do 



do 





Do Dec. — , 1889 









Do IJan. 3,1890 









White-footed 

 mouse, 2 

 meadow mice. 



Meadow mouse . 





Montauk Point, N. Y. . Nov. 25, 1889 









Huntington, N. Y ' Dec. 17, 1889 









Montauk Point, X. Y. Dec. 12, 1889 









Do. 



Long Island, N. Y Dec. 1. 1875 











Garden City, Long Is- 

 land, N. Y. 



Vermillion, Clay 

 Conntv, S. Dak. 



Do 



Oct. 29,1880 



Nov. 18, 1889 



Feb. 26,1890 

 Dec. 2. 1890 

 Dec. 12,1890 

 Dec. 5, 1890 







Do. 







White-footed 

 mouse. 



Do. 



TV* 

















Do 



Babbit 



Montauk Point, N. Y. . 





Red-necked 

 grebe. 





Do 



....do 







Do. 



Do 



....do 







Buffalo, N. Y 



Feb. 28, 1891 

 June 13, 1890 



Dec. 12, 1890 









St, Paul Island, Ber- 









Do. 



ing Sea. 

 Portland, Conn 













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Summary.— Of 38 stomachs examined, 2 contained game birds; 9. other birds; 18, mice; 2, other 

 mammals, and 12 were empty. 



HAWK OWL. 



Surnia ulula caparoch. 



The typical form of the Hawk Owl inhabits the northern portions of 

 the eastern hemisphere from Scandinavia to Kamtschatka, and occurs 

 accidentally in western Alaska. Some authors consider the northern 

 Siberian bird to be separable under the name of Surnia u. doliata. 



The American bird (Surnia u. caparoch), which is merely a geograph- 

 ical race of the Old World species, inhabits the northern part of North 

 America from Alaska and the central forest regions to Newfoundland, 



