0. 0. Ormsbee, MoatpeEeT, Tt. 
Something about Owls, 
In the last of the 
Winter quite a number of Saw. - whet Qwls_ were 
found dead, in most cases within or near some 
barn or oilier building, where they evidently 
killed themselves by flying against the walls, as in 
one instance the Owl was seen in the act of strik- 
ing. In other cases the Owls were found in some 
open field, or where there was but few trees. All 
Of the Saw- Whet Owl, also rare below the 
the fortieth parallel, twenty-two stomachs 
were examined. Seventeen contained Mice, 
one a Sparrow, one insects, and three were 
empty. 
0.& O. Yol. 18, Oct, 1893 p.188 
the birds I examined fairly swarmed with para- 
sites. Is it not possible that these parasites, com- 
bined with the scarcity of food during the past 
severe Winter, so enfeebled the birds that a very 
slight blow while flying about would kill them or 
that in some cases they literally starved to death ? 
A few Richardson’s Owls were taken .— Louis M. 
Todd. 
O.SsO. X. June. 1885. p. ?«T. 
puring the last three years we have had reported a 
noticeable number of instances where the Acadian Ow l 
has been found dead during the winter. Why is it? 
O &0. XIV. Feb. 1889 p.29 
Capture of an Acadian Owl under 
Peculiar Circumstances. 
On the evening of January 21st, as I was 
passing through Main St., I was startled by 
something passing with the swiftness of a snow- 
ball, hut with the silence of a moth, close to 
my ear, and I turned in time to see the un- 
known object strike the glass door of the 
store I was then passing, and fall to the 
ground. Perceiving that it was a bird of 
some kind, I captured it under my hat, and it 
proved to be a specimen of the Acadian Owl 
(Nyctale acadica), which I kept captive. The 
little fellow was very fearless and would strike 
viciously at my hand whenever I put it into 
his quarters, but, as he refused to eat, he died 
within two days of the time of his capture. 
This owl is apparently more destitute of sight ' 
during the day than others of his relatives 
which I have had in confinement and was very 
wild, spending most of the night in beating 
himself against the wires of his cage. I think 
it probable that, while passing over the city, 
he was attracted and dazzled by the bright 
lights, which caused his untimely capture. 
Harry G. White. 
Taunton, Mass. 0,&0. XIV. May, 1889 p.77 
