VOLES, !> 



departs about the same time as the woodcock. Usually it 

 is extremely rare for this useful bird to remain and breed in 

 these islands, but during 1891 and 1892 it not only arrived in 



SHORT-EARED OWL. 



great numbers, but nested freely, rearing second broods after 

 the first had flown. Unhappily for their credit with ganie- 

 keepers, these owls outstayed the voles, and now that the 



