Nyctea nyctea . 
Mass. 
1896. 
Nov. 
| Tacoma, 
1897. 
Jan. 
" The Snowy Owl I send herewith is the first one I re- 
ceived, hilled Nov. 12th. Had two from same place Friday last. 
Also received two birds from same place Nov. 20th to mount. 
I also bought one on Friday hilled on Gov.Isl., Boston 
Harbor. It is in freezer and I will make it up for you. I 
saw three in the market Friday that came from coast of Maine. 
I have had calls for two pairs of eyes from Provincetown, and 
about a dozen in all told scattered from there to Grand Manan. 
So I have three for you to date and will try to get the other 
seven. 11 
Letter from M.A.Frazar, Dec.l, 1396, Boston, Mass. 
Washington. 
There has been a very large flight of Snowy Owls of which 
we got three and mounted them. The local taxidermist received 
thirty-eight . " 
Extract from letter from J. II. Bowles, Jan. 12, 18S7, 
Tacoma, Washington. 
