Eared Owls. They came early in June and stayed until about Sep- 
tember. They were here literally by hundreds. I counted nine in 
a few miles' ride. They were flying at all hours but mostly from 
four o’clock until dark. They would fly back and forth over large 
fields very much as hawks do. It was easy to shoot them simply 
by sitting down where they had last passed, for they would usual- 
ly go back over the same place. 
Manley Hardy, getter of Sept. 14,1883. 
Some Ornithological Explorations in 
the Dead River Region of Maine. 
BY F. H. CARPENTER. 
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( Concluded from Page 163.) 
77. Asio americanus , (American Long-eared 
Owl). This Owl was quite common in Septem- 1 
her, and several were shot by the visiting fisher- 
men at Seven Ponds. These were found roosting 
in the hemlocks around the lakes, and apparently, 
were oblivious of any intrusion until the report of 
the gun sounded their death knell. When trout- 
fishing after sunset I have often seen Owls, pre- 
sumably of this species, fly over the surface of 
the lakes at no great height from the water. As 
my visits to this region were not made during the 
breeding season of the Baplores of this country, I 
regret I can not give any account of the nesting 
of this species. 
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