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Owls 
do to-night, although we had a gun with us. 
Owls of four kinds were hooting to-night. There 
was the hoo ; hoo , hoo , ho call, the cook er-r-r-r- coo call, 
the wha- a-a-a-a (cat) call and Glaucidium. The last-named 
comes close about the house and last night one repeatedly 
flew against the palm thatched roof, making a sharp crack 
like the report of a collecting pistol. Mr. Carr assured 
us that the bird was catching cockroaches which are cer¬ 
tainly numerous enough. 
One marked feature of these moonlight nights is 
the total absence of the calls of diurnal birds. At home 
several species would be heard. Here we have yet to beam 
one 
