Bubo virginianus . 
v 
Lake Umbagog, Maine. 
1394. The Great Horned Owls held high carnival this evening 
Sept. 22. beginning soon after sunset and hooting steadily until I wont 
to sleep (10 P.M. ). At one time three different birds were in 
hearing, two of them on the Outlet meadows, the third on Pine 
Point. Will Sargent tells me that they feed largely on Musk 
rats which accounts for their persistent attachment to these 
Outlet meadows. He says that they rob the trappers of many 
of their "rats" devouring them while in the traps. 
