267 
1870. 
Apr. 6, 
1871, 
Oct, 20. 
Bubo virginianus, 
While in camp on Moxie Pond heard them all night 
long;. Frequently from the trees directly behind us 
would come the deep, sonorous hoot to be immediately ans¬ 
wered from the Opposite eide shore. Then the cry of a 
Loon v/ould -rise from the foot oftha pon^, softened by 
distance and the sighing night wind. The Owls hooted 
almost without intermission from sunset to sunrise. Thr^ 
were shy, hovrever, and we found it impossible to get a 
sight at them. Their notes wore a hoarse hollov; hoo 
h o p .i hoo, varied occasionally by dropping the 
last tv/o syllables and interpreted by our guides as 
" o ^ Q - Oj^ . for tvm^, 1 ^, We were assured by the hunters 
that these Ov/ls never venture near a Gamp fire as descri¬ 
bed by Audubon and Wilson, although a “Groat Gray 0wl“ 
(probably S. sinerum l often does this. 
It is common and breeds here (Marston’s Mills, Mass). 
