bear a Whippoorwill, but in this we were disappointed. 
At about 8 P.M. the moon rose over Fairhaven Hill, 
at first silvering the tops of the trees on the wwstern 
shore, then flooding the river valley with mellow light. We 
returned to the pine grove at about 8.30 and found the tall, 
straight, rough-barked trunks bathed in moonlight looking 
as if covered with hoar frost. In the hope of hearing the 
Owl again we decided to camp here; nor were we disappointed 
for, apparently roused by the noise which we made in 
drawing the canoes from the water, over the narrow belt of 
marsh to the dry ground beneath the outer line of trees, the 
bird began hooting agaxn in the middle of the woods. A fire 
which we kindled seemed to attract him for he came into the 
top of a pine nearly over us and hooted steadily at inter¬ 
vals varying from ten to fifteen seconds. His voice was 
deep, yet soft and cooing like that of a Carolina Dove, It 
did not seem at all loud even when he was very near and when 
he retreated to a distance of fifty yards or more it seemed 
to come from some place half a mile or more away. The bird 
did not appear to be disturbed by our voices or even by 
our moving about directly under him except when one of us 
stepped on dry twigs, the crackling of which invariably 
drove him off for awhile although he did not mind the loud 
and incessant snapping of the fire. 
We ate supper to the accompaniment of this im¬ 
pressive Owl music and the nearly deafening clamor of 
Leopard Frogs, Hylas and Toads. After we had settled ourselves 
in the canoes the Owl came still nearer apparently descending 
