Maine. 
Mr. Lewis M. Todd of Calais, Me., writing under date of Feb- 
ruary 23, 1902, states that the local taxidermist has had six or 
seven Snowy Owls sent to him for mounting, and that six more 
had been observed in a radius of some twenty miles. 
Mr. Homer R. Dill, State taxidermist at Gardiner, Me., reports 
nineteen specimens of the Snowy Owl received up to February 18, 
1902. 
Mr. Manly Hardy of Brewer, Me., reports, under date of Feb- 
ruary 17, 1902, that a good many Snowy Owls have been shot and 
seen over quite an extent of country, one being seen some thirty 
miles north of Brewer. He also reports three other specimens 
which were shot at Biddeford Pool, Me. 
Capt. H. L. Spinney, Popham Beach, Me., writes me under date 
of February 22, 1902, that while he had handled but three speci- 
mens himself he had learned of between thirty or forty which had 
been taken in the State. He speaks of the late date of their arrival 
on the coast of Sagadahoc County, as they were first observed about 
the middle of January, and his records of the past fifteen years 
show that they usually arrive early in November and are seldom 
seen after the first of December. He also states that the flight 
wuic iu nanu, siai.es rnat two adults snot at Westbrook 
were extremely fat but their stomachs were entirely empty. One 
bird weighed four and a half pounds, the other one ounce less; 
and that a large dark female shot on January 31, 1902, also very 
fat, contained two Microtus pennsylvanicus , swallowed whole ; a 
very light colored male, shot at Gorham, Me., on February 7, was 
extremely fat. This owl had only a small quantity of mouse hair 
in its stomach. 
Mr. Frederick A. Shaw of Portland, Me., under date of Feb- 
