268 
1876. 
Dee. 11, 
1876. 
Nov, 6. 
Nyctea nivea. 
Middlesex County, Mass. 
Unusually abundant this season. Goodile has al¬ 
ready had eight specimens. Brewster and Gilman have 
a li7e one in a cage in their window. It has all the 
characteristic motions of other large Owls, especially 
that peculiar swaying of the head from side fo side. 
When the cage is tapped it snapps its bill loudly and 
altogether seems to bo savage and illtem__pered. 
®he coast of Massachusetts has been visited by a 
perfect inroad of Snowy Owls (see Bull.Noc.January 1877). 
