FOOD OF SOME NORTH AMERICAN BIRDS OF I’REV. 
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Another and scarcer small Owl, the Saw-whet {Nyrtafe acaitim) 
(so called from its note), had also, in one instance, become a victim 
of the Jjarred Owl’s voracity. 
It may be well also to refer to the fact of a Hawk {Cooj)er-asfnr 
cnnjieri) having been found in the stomach of an Eagle Owl (Btiho 
riryinianuK) killed in Texas. Another noteworthy record, under 
the liead of Owls, is, tlie fact of a Eurrowing Owl {Bjieofyfo 
having devoured a “Prairie Dog,” with wliicli species 
of Marmot this small Owl has been supposed by some observers 
to live in harmony. 
On a reference to the following notes, it will be found that, with 
the exception of the Swallow-tailed and ^lississippi Kites, and also 
of the Mexican Ealeon (all species of comjiaratively rare occurrence), 
every Kaptorial species enumerated in this list luis fed, more or less 
freely, on the smaller Itodents of tlie Korth American continent. 
As regards other Mammals, a Eat has been found in one of the 
Kestrels examined; Shrews have been discovered amongst the prey 
of the North American Harrier, the Eed-tailed, Eed-shouldered, 
and Eough-legged Euzzards, and also of the Earn, Long-oare«l, 
Short-eared, Earred, and Eagle Owls ; three species only have been 
found to contain Moles, viz., the Eod-Uiileil and Eed-shouldered 
Jiuzzards ami the Jlarred Uwl; live have captured Weasels, viz. 
thedoshawk, the Eroad-winged and Eough-legged Jiuzz.ards, and 
the Earred Owl ; the remains of Skunks have been found in the 
stomachs of the Harrier, the Eed-shouldered ]>uz.zanl, and the klaMe 
Uwl ; and, lastly, a Eed-shouldered Buzzard had succeeded in 
devouring an Ojiossura. 
Eeptiles (either Liz.ivrds, Snakes, Frogs, or Toads) were found 
amongst the food of all the species of the following genera : Cirm.< 
Cot)per-a.'<fur, Duteo (except Bnteo tncainxoui, of which only four 
were dissected), Arrhilmteo, Tinminaihi^, also in Syniium alleni, 
Bmptt a^io, and iSpeoti/fo hypoijven. 
Insects, frequently in considerable numbers, were found in all 
the species of the foUowing genera, viz., E/anohJes, Irfhiia, 
Ciraig, Acctpiter, C<Mper-a>itHr, A>^tHr, Bnteo (except B. stcainsoni), 
Arrhihuteit, Falro, ^^cdon, and Tinnuvruhi.<, also in the followiim 
species of Owls, viz., A-vio acnpitriuux, ^yrninw alleni, Bayt-s asio, 
Bilbo viryiniann,^ and Speotyto hypogoau. 
“ Cmw-iish ” are recorded tvs having been found in Buteo borealis 
