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UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, 
BUREAU OF BIOLOGICAL SURVEY, 
WASHINGTON, D. C. 
August 13, 1315 
Hr. Alex Te .more 
Corinne, Utah. 
hear .Vetmore: 
There was a certain point in one of your recent letters 
which 1 wanted to discuss with you, namely in regard to piellets 
of the great "blue heron, which we received with the other specimens. 
Isn’t it possible that this nest night have been occupied by a 
marsh hawk or long-eared owl, or that it might have been chosen 
as a feeding stand of the duck hawk. A few years ago, when Prof. 
Beale and Hr. liuerson collected pellets for me in a heron rookery, 
wo had a similar experience. One nest contained the remains of 
birds and of mammals, and we finally came to the conclusion that 
a oreat homed owl or some other bird of prey had built its nest 
in the edge of the rookery. 
1 have just received a letter fro . Jcmick in 
he reiterates that he is well pleased with your bulletin and is 
ml ad to comol iment you on the result of the work. When 1 called 
on him in Salt Lake City, 1 suggested that it night he a good 
scheme for the various clubs to hire men to pick up the sick clucks 
and carry then to fresh water* He told me that he would take it 
