jan., r»ll 
A IIIS'r<')RV OF C1':RTAIX ORIvAT IIORNIO) owls 
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less. Both shivered as if from cold, the day beiiiR cool and showerw In the nest 
cavity were a headless Bobwhite and the hind jiarts of an adult cotton-tail rabbit. 
The weather conditions prevented our trxdug' to secure a negative. On A])ril 19 
only two young- were found in the nest, with nothing at all to indicate the fate of 
the third egg. The young appeared cpiite lifele.ss, allowing their bills, which 
were of a slaty color with darker ti])s, to rest in the decayed wood of the nest 
bottom. The feather sheaths were imshing out on the dorsal and .scai)ular tracts, 
and at the tips of these the brown juvenile plumage was begiuning to show. The 
primary cpiills were also s]-)routing but the feathers themselves were still entirelx' 
I'ig. .S. THK OLD ELM WITH THE NEST C.A.VITV IS I.X ITSKLE A X.ATURAL CLRIOSITV: 
VIEW .northwest 
concealed. The nest cavity contained a headless adult rabbit and a headless coot, 
also the hind parts of a young rabbit about the size of a striiied gopher. No 
assistant was available on this day. On April 21 the young showed very noticeable 
increase in size, the brown feathers now showing all over the dorsal and scapular 
areas. The eyes had jiartially opened iu the form of a rather narrow ellipse. vStill 
(]uite listle.ss the young emitted the cpierulous note as described but did not snap their 
mandibles. The view inside the ne.st hollow was rather a intiful one. In addition 
to half a coot and half a rabbit ( iirobabl\' the leavings of two da\-s before) there 
