BIRDS OF PENNSYLVANIA. 
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ral History of Alaska,” says : “ Among tlie natives of tlie Yukon district 
the liver of this bird is used as a love-pliilter. The liver is dried and 
reduced to a powder, and placed, unknown to the person to whom the 
philter is to be administered, in some food. On eating the food the de¬ 
sired affection is supposed to make itself evident. I knew of an incident 
where a native endeavored, by this means, to regain the affection of his 
wife. The mother-in-law had more potency than dried owl-liver, and as 
she controlled her daughter the philter was as naught. It is adminis¬ 
tered indifferently, by man or woman, and is frequently used by the 
Eskimo.” 
From the following list it will be observed that this owl very seldom 
is found breeding in this state: 
County. 
Observers. 
Remarks. 
Bradford. 
J. L. Camp. 
Winter visitor. 
Do. . 
A. T. Lilley. 
Migrant. 
Berjis. 
Jonas Stern. 
Migrant in winter. 
Do. 
I). F. Keller. 
Winter visitor. 
Bucks, . 
S. Edward Paschall. 
Winter visitor. 
Clinton,. 
Dr. Van Fleet. 
Migrant. 
Chester,. 
B. H. Warren,. 
Winter resident. 
Dauphin. 
W. W. Stoey. 
Migrant; possibly breeds. 
Erie. 
G. B. Sennett. 
Migrant. 
Lycoming. 
A. Kock. 
Migrant; possibly breeds. 
Lackawanna. 
G. P. Friant. 
Winter visitor. 
Lehigh. 
J. F. Kocher,. 
Migrant. 
Lancaster. 
Dr. A. C. Treichler. 
Common in winter; breeds occasionally. * 
Lebanon. 
Geo. R. Ross. 
Winter visitor. 
Montgomery. 
Thomas S. Gillin,. 
Common in winter. 
Northampton. 
O. B. Hark. 
Winter resident. 
Do. .... 
Dr. J. W. Detwiller. 
Migrant. 
Perry. 
H. J. Roddy. 
Migrant. 
Philadelphia. 
Rev. Joseph Johnson. 
Winter visitor. 
Do. .... 
J. P. Ball. 
Migrant. 
Venango,. 
J. R. Robertson. 
Migrant. 
Washington. 
J. S. Nease. 
Winter visitor. 
Do. .... 
M. Compton. 
Winter visitor. 
Do. .... 
W. T. Warrick, . 
Winter visitor. 
Nuttall says: “ Its food is almost exclusively mice, for which it watches, 
seated on a stump, with all the vigilance of a cat, listening attentively 
to the low squeak of its prey, to which it is so much alive as to be some¬ 
times brought in sight by imitating the sound.” In the disgorged pel¬ 
lets of this species examined by Audubon, he found the remains of bones 
of small quadrupeds, mixed with hair, and remains of various beetles. 
The food of eleven of these owls examined by me will be found in the 
following table 
No. 
Date. 
1 
Jan. 
4. 
1880. 
2 
Jan. 
5, 
1880. 
3 
Mar. 
17, 
1882. 
4 
Nov. 
13, 
1883. 
5 
Nov. 
7, 
1883. 
« 
Nov. 
1 . 
1885. 
T 
Mar. 
1880. 
8 
Nov. 
21. 
1880. 
9 
Nov. 
2a, 
1880. 
10 
Nov. 
27, 
1880. 
11 
Dec. 
8, 
1880. 
Locality. 
Chester county, Pa. 
Chester county. Pa., . 
Purchased at Philadelphia Market. 
Delaware county, Pa. 
Cecil county, Md.,. 
Chester county, Pa., . 
Chester county. Pa. 
Chester county, Pa. 
Chester county, Pa., . 
Chester county, Pa., . 
Chester county, Pa. 
Food-Materials. 
Field mice. 
Field mice. 
Field mice. 
Field mice. 
Field mice. 
Beetles and field mice. 
Beetles and field mice. 
Field mice. 
Field mice. 
Field mice. 
Field mice. 
l nave iouna ine owamp ur oiiunz-caicu vTTi —— — — -— — -- *= ... 
leads me to believe that it breeds here, sometimes, or at least on the Blue mountains, in the vicinity of 
Colebrook and Mt. Gretna. "—Treichler. 
