253 
1869. 
Noy. 25. 
1870. 
NOY. 12. 
Doc. 
1871. 
J an. 21. ‘ 
|! 
1 { 
1880. 
l| 
Noy, 30. ' 
Doc, 14. 
Strix nobulosun. 
Middlos .;x County, Mass . 
' S'lOt one to-day in a grove of young cedars on a 
■ hillside. It \7as not at all shy and perriittod a very 
|| near a,pproach. 
^ Shot a fenialo in a grove of Finus rii-ida . I shot 
I a Crossbill out of the very tree in v/iiieli it ,/as sitting 
j v/itiiout disturbing it. Upon being brought dov/n v/ith a 
I brokon v/ing it dofonded itself fiercoly, siiapping its 
I bill loudly. 
One shoG in l. o Pino Sv/anip; it v/as rather shy. 
A Boston taxidermist has had ton of those Ov/ls rocontly 
and I bolioVG tnat in tho \/inter ihey aro the commonost 
O'./l found in this State although vary fov/ breed hero. 
of 
clS 
Ono came into Boston to-day, perelving 
build li^gs. It -/as finally killed b’- 
it sat on tho w'lndov/ of the n;)\/ Exchango 
on the eavas 
office stool 
b ilding. 
Snot an adult fer'ale on t}i> edg) of sv/ampy v/oods 
bordering Rock Ileadow. It flov/ from a lov/ bra/.ch 
witiiin a f foot of rny head and alighted vYithin thirty 
yards; it fell -vounded and liopped o':'’f among tlio undor- 
grov/bh at a surprisingly rapid pace. Wlion overtaken 
ib crouched, and raising its --.h.ngs above its back with 
bhe bips bent dov/nv/ard in.til tiioy touched tno ground 
snapped its bill sharply. Wion seized it abbempted to 
use Its clav/s. The stomach contained a partially di¬ 
gested Sbar-nosed Mole. 
Shot aiv. adult male 
Island v/hore my setter s 
its s bomac}i. coutainod th 
in tho T'Taple n./amp near lock 
tar tod it fro m a low b. ranch; 
e romair.s of a mouse. 
