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Asio americanus. 
Middlesex County, Mass. 
(June 13} trailed on the branch on each sido of their feet stood 
facing mo with their raised wings exactly inverted, that 
is the secondaries where the tips should be, I caught 
them easily enough though they were very savage clicking 
their bills sharply and making a snoring sound through 
their nostrils. The nest contained a few feathers of 
the Snow Sparrow and a partially devoured dor beetle. 
Its lining was filthy and matted together with the 
exuviae of the birds. Under the tree I found only one 
pellet composed entirely of the bones and hair of mice. 
1879. 
July 13. 
An Owl that I took to bo of this species passed over¬ 
head as I was driving, this evening, through an opening 
in Lincoln woods. its flight vras wavering, undecided, 
and mothlike, and it quickly disappeared in the gathering 
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