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Snowy Owl.— AVe have recently pur¬ 
chased a Snowy Owl that was mounted. 
We complained of its neck being stretched 
out too much, when the following explana¬ 
tion was sent to us : “ You s]ieak of the 
neck of the owl being too long. The fact 
is, when this bird is ])erched on a mound 
on the ground watching for its jirey. its 
neck is strekdied out much longer than 
this one, and remains so for an hour or 
more at a time. They are not like other 
owls in that respect. They also feed more in 
the day time than other owls.” The gentle¬ 
man who sends the above has had a large 
experience with this owl for many Winters 
and should know their natural position. 
Few of our taxidermists have ever studied 
this bird in life. 
Death of H, G. Fowler. 
It is with exceeding sadness that we an¬ 
nounce the death of our brother natiiralist, 
H. Gilbert Fowler. 
The greater part of Mr. Fowler’s life 
was closely identified with the study of 
natiu’e in nearly all her forms, but particu¬ 
larly in that of Omitiiology. Bom at Au¬ 
burn, N. Y’., about the year 18.50, at an 
early age he evinced a special fondness for 
the study of Ornithology, which was pur- j 
sued almost entirely in the field with an j 
earnest, sincere spirit that bore fruits in | 
the reliable accuracy and conscientious | 
simjilicity of all his notes and memoranda. I 
In 1874 he published in the “Forest and 
Stream.” (uew’spaper) a list entitled: “The 
Birds of Central New Y"ork.” In the fol¬ 
lowing year this was rejuiblished in an 
Auburn. N. Y’., paper by Frank R. Rath- 
bun, with several additions. He was also 
one of the authors of the “ Revised List 
of Birds of Central New Y'ork.” It was i 
the longing desire to study the feathered i 
creatures of our Southern States in their 
native haunts that allured him into those 
malarious districts that jiroved so fatal to ' 
one of his jieculiar temperament. 
Mr. Fowler had been on the Sunflower i 
river, Miss., but little more than a week | 
when he deemed it advisable to dejiart, 
owing to the illness of his companion. 
They then took steamer for Cedar Keys, 
Fla., via. New Orleans. La. Early contnvct- 
ing malarial fevers while in Florid% in ^Ir. 
Fowler’s case, it resulted in t^'phoid fever; 
and. eventually, caused his death at Savan¬ 
nah, Ga.. while on his way home. 
The circumstances attending his death, 
so far from home and among entire stran¬ 
gers. was peculiarly sad. From an ajijiar- , 
ent desire not to distress his many friends ! 
and relations; although sick nearly two ' 
weeks, news of his jierfect good health, 
his sickness and of his death followed one 
after the other so swiftly as to be almost j 
simultaneous. ' 
