S nowy Owl. Messrs. Southwick & Jencks write us: 
We notice in February ‘O. and O.’ that F. B. W., reports 
not hearing of a single Snowy Owl this season. We had 
one sent in about November 1st, ’84, that was shot near 
Newport, R. I. This is the only capture we know of, 
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Rhode Island. 
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Mr. Harry A. Cash, of Providence, R. I., writes me under date 
of February 20, 1902, that of the eighteen specimens sent to him 
for mounting, the first was received on January 7, 1902, and the 
last on February 10, 1902. Eleven were males and seven were 
females. These specimens were all taken on the Rhode Island 
coast, with the exception of two, these being collected at Mystic, 
Conn., and Nantucket. The stomachs of eleven were empty, the 
balance bearing evidence of dark flesh, probably of ducks and rats ; 
in one stomach was an entire rat, two-thirds grown. One female 
was shot on January 21, 1902, at Pawtucket, R. I., from a duck 
shooter’s stand, while pursuing a flock of ducks, and was killed 
over the decoys. 
Mr. Simon Dodge, keeper Southeast Light Station, Block Island, 
R. I., writes under date of March 4, 1902, that he had seen three 
specimens of the Snowy Owl, which had been^killed on the island 
between January 25 and February 15. ^ ^ " 
Auk, XIX, July, 1902, p.tfl 
