Bubo virginianus. 
Maino (Lako '-iTibagog ). 
1873, 
Aug. 27. 
1876.. 
June 5. 
1880 
Heard one h.ooting on the slioro of tho Lake, 
At about half past five this afternoon, the sun 
shining brightly at the time. I heard tv/o of these Ov/'ls 
hooting at frequent interval's at the Stone farm, one 
invariably answering the other. The usual hoot of this 
Ov/1 is hop. hop—hoo. 
noo-oo-oo , 
>o , hop, 
tvrilight this evening an immense Ov^l flew past 
the mill and alighted on the top of a spruce in Abbott’s 
■ garden, another of the same species dove at him and 
drove him to tho next tree, and thus they passed quickly 
,1 from tree to tree into the v;oods. They uttered a short 
nasal, snarling entirely now to me and invariably alight¬ 
ed on the extreme tops of the trees. Will Poasleo Said 
that they wore Groat-horned Owls, and added that this 
species has a habit of cominw about houses in t>iis man¬ 
ner during late August and e irly Soibtomber but at no 
other season of the year. 
a ^^09 on the v;ooded banks of Camb¬ 
ridge River. This species i 
3 noon. 
IS invariably shy even at 
1882. 
Oct.8-22, 
A pair heard hooting on the night of the 13th (so; 
' c Q.r* Cl) * 
1871. 
June —, 
Found a nest in an overturned stub, 
'four addled eggs. 
It c onta inod 
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