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I can add little to what is already known about the 
Snowy Owl except that the many specimens I have had were all m 
good condition and many very rat, shewing that it is the lack of 
food that causes them to come south. I always found the female 
oarkest. I know they feed on mink and ducks besides fish and 
rabbit s. 
Manley Hardy, —better of Spet. 14, 1883. 
Bangor, Maine, 
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Arc tic Qw 1 s were received, here from the surrounding country 
(particularly from the coast) in extremely generous numbers early 
in the winter(about the middle of November especially). At this 
time more were received than the total of several preceding years 
But lately none have come in, the supply apparently ceasing as 
quickly as it came on. The heavy snows that are reported from th 
northwest^ may have extended across the continent into Labrador, 
and by rendering their living precarious may have driven them to 
us. This heavy snow idea, if true, might account for the appear- 
ance of both species of owls, and also for the apjiearancef as re- 
ported to me by a professional taxidermist) of large numbers of 
Richardson's Owls. (Letter of Harry Merrill, Jan 28, 1890.) 
