269 
1874. 
Nov, 24. 
1876. 
Nov. 30. 
Nyctoa nivsa. 
Shot a young male at Pjaglo hill^Ips% 7 ich. H© was 
sitting on a mud-flat near the base of tho hill; vrhon 
first seen he kept stepping about making short hops 
’Afith half spread v/ings as if apprehensively of soiling 
his snowy plumage with the black mud around. He seemed 
not at all shy paying little attention to two men who 
were pelting his with stones. As I approached he re¬ 
treated behind a large rock peeping out at mo from time 
to time and then quickly dravAing back. He looked very 
large and appeared onti-oly v/hite, although in reality 
he had more than the usual ammount of black markings. 
Three live specimens in a loft in Boston. They 
sat on tho floor in rather a crouching attitude, but 
walked with comparative ease and rapidity, taking long 
gliding steps. They uttered a peculiar low twittering 
VAhen approached, and more rarely, a loud hough like the 
jj snort of a startled horse. They flew about the room 
noiselessly with hanging legs. The recent flight of 
those Owls seems to be entirely over. 
