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Miss M. R. Audubon of Salem, N. Y., in writing under date of 
March 3, 1902, states that a Mr. Roberson had seen a number of 
Snowy Owls across the mountains which divide Salem from Cam- 
den Valley and Dorset. One individual was feeding on some 
rodent, probably a muskrat, as one had been torn from one of his 
nearby traps. 
Mr. Thos. W. Fraine, taxidermist, Rochester, N. Y., in writing 
under date of March 24, 1902, states that while during the flight 
of Snowy Owls which invaded the country in 1876, he received 
over forty specimens, during the past winter only two had been 
brought to him. The specimens which he examined in 1876, 
and which were captured along the shore of Lake Ontario, had 
been feeding largely on fish. 
Mr. Elon Howard Eaton, Canandaigua, N. Y., writing under 
date of March 6, 1902, states that there has been no unusual 
flight of Snowy Owls in his locality. He states that the collectors 
and taxidermists report that they have received several, although 
not as many as in average years. One collector reported four, 
taken on the shore of Lake Ontario, and states that they were all 
collected about the 18th of November, the first heavy snow storm 
of the season coming at that time. 
Mr. Wm. S. Johnson, Booneville, N. Y., writing under date of 
March 19, 1902, informs me as follows : “Snowy Owls appeared 
in this locality the latter part of December, the last one being 
seen the last week in February. During this time about twenty, 
to my knowledge, were observed ; fifteen of this number were 
shot, ten of which were mounted by our local taxidermist. Of 
these ten only three were females. The stomach contents of five 
of them were sent to the U. S. Dept, of Agriculture, and were 
found to contain the remains of the common meadow mouse 
(Micro tus pennsylvanicus ) , one stomach containing the remains of 
six.” 
Mr. Thomas Rowland, taxidermist, New York City, under date 
of March 5, advises me that he had eight Snowy Owls sent to him, 
which wer§ killed on Long Island, the first specimen being 
received January 10, 1902. He also states that he received 
several more of these owls from Canada. 
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