Asio acci-oitr inus . 
Concord, 
Mass . 
1894. 
manner of a- Marsh Hawk and on the next evening an Owl of simi- 
Oct. 11 
to 
Nov. 21. 
lar size and appearance started from a maple opposite this 
meadow as I was passing. 
(**■*), 
— : : : — 
1899. 
Beating the meadows. 
Oct. 12 
to 
Oct .31 . 
The Short-eared Owl seen on the evening of the 21st was 
beating the meadows in the twilight much as the Marsh Hawk 
does by day, skimming just over the tops of the taller grasses^ 
moving rather slowly but with infinite ease and grace, now 
gliding in a nearly straight line for fifty or sixty yards dn 
level, motionless wings, next beating its wings quickly a few 
times to renew its impetus, frequently inclining slightly to 
left or right and occasionally mounting upwards for a few feet 
or turning abruptly to quarter back over the same ground. As 
it was passing within about one hundred yards crossing the 
river at the head of the "Holt" I squeaked like a mouse when 
it wheeled suddenly and flew straight towards me coming within 
ten or fifteen paces before it discovered the deception. 
The other bird, noted on the 25th, may have been a Long- 
eared Owl for although it started from a tree (one of the ma- 
ples on the river bank just below Flint's bridge) very near at 
hand and flew directly over me within a few yards it was near- 
ly dark at the time and I could make out little more than the 
bird's general size and shape as its shadowy form was out- 
lined for an instant against the sky. 
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