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; 1898. 
Dec .9. 
Mass. In the Concord "loch-up". 
As I was jiassing the Concord jaol the sheriff came out 
with a red Screech Owl which he had found dead only a few 
minutes before in one of the cells. One of the neighbors told 
me that she had seen the bird sitting at the window of the 
cell every day for a week or more past. Craig (the sheriff) 
thought that the bird must have come down the chimney and en- 
tered the cell through. a hole leading into the flue where a 
stove had formerly stood. He gave me the bird which was some- 
what emaciated and had apparently died of starvation. 
Another red Screech Owl was picked up dead in Monument 
Street, Concord, December 4th by Charles Prescott. Will Bart- 
lett showed me this bird the following day. It had a broken 
wing but showed no other signs of injury. It had a House 
Mouse in its throat, the tail and hind feet of this animal 
protruding just a little beyond the edges of the tightly 
closed bill. It is a mystery how the bird could have met its 
fate. 
