Mar., 1914 
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and crept away leaving' madam in complete possession. The better of the two 
negatives is shown in the picture of the sitting bird facing you (fig. i8). 
Fig. 21. Pacific Horned Owl’s Nest; egg and newly hatched young; 
BODY OF POCKET RAT IN BACK-GROUND 
Hoping to secure something better I returned again after dinner and upon 
making a cautious ascent of the rockpile, found madam as approachable as ever ; 
she now disdained to honor me with a front view. She had turned completely 
Fig. 22. Young Pacific Horned Owls one week old; portion of 
WOOD RAT IN BACK-GROUND 
around and was now looking over her back at me, demonstrating that she cer- 
tainly was in possession of a rubber neck ! Using the single combination of my 
