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food haijits show, its presence should 1)e encouraged. Of two 
hundred and hft}'-hve stomachs examined under the direction of 
the United States Department of Agriculture, one contained poul- 
try ; thirty-eight contained other thirds; ninety-one contained mice; 
eleven contained other mammals ; one hundred contained insects ; 
two contained lizards ; four contained batrachians ; one contained 
hsh ; hve contained spiders ; nine contained crawfish ; seven con- 
tained miscellaneous matter; two contained scorpions; two con- 
tained earthworms; and forty-three were empty. 
THE SNOWY OWL AND GREAT HORNED OWL. 
Snowy Owl. After Fuertes. 
As supplementing a plea in behalf of birds of prey as a class, 
we introduce here figures and brief notes of two of our owls. The 
first-named, to be sure, is not a common bird in Minnesota. AVhen 
seen, it is generally in the winter season, at wdiich time we have 
occasionalh' oliserved it in the bare fields. Our field notes, how- 
