Bubo virg; ini anus . 
Concord, Mass. 
1898, cry to wah - wah ) and a rather prolonged squealing or whining 
May 4. outcry sin liar to that of a hen Partridge with young. 
(No. 6). The old Owls evidently spend the day in the densest part 
of these pine woods about 100 yards from where the young lie. 
May 7. 
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In the afternoon I paddled down to Lawrence's woods talc- 
ing ray camera. The young Owls were gone and at first I neioh- 
er saw nor heard either of the old birds but one of the latter 
began hooting presently and I think I must have started the 
o ther at about the same time judging by the way the Or ow ska th- 
ere d and clamored in the woods by the river into ’which the 
male Owl usually flies when disturbed. Two Red-shouldered 
Hawks also appeared over these woods screaming incessantly 
for ten or fifteen minutes their shrill voices adding materi- 
ally to the din kept up by the excited C rows. 
All the while 
one of the Owls remained near me in the tops of the pines 
hooting at short, regular intervals, using always the ordinary 
night hoot : -hoo . hoo-hoo-hoo . hop . hop, but giving it in sub- 
dued tones. 
were 
But where A the young? I first examined the ground about 
the foot of the pine with great care. It was strewn with huge 
pellets of fur and bones and reeking with excrement among 
which dung bottles were groping about after their usual stupid 
fashion. There was an unmistakable but not very strong smell 
