BIRD LIFE IX WASHINGTON 
101 
ought to be killed for it. TVliat do you 
think about it, Children? 
I went to iny neighbor to beg the body 
of the Owl. The Owl’s fine gray coat was 
fh 3cked all over with white. There was a 
rich undertone of buff. Under his chin 
Avas a pretty ivliite bib and on his head 
were tivo tufts of feathers which stood up 
like horns. This Avas the Western Horned 
Owl. 
KENNICOTT SCREECH OWL 
Atlhough considered small for an owl, 
he is as large as a half-grown chicken. He 
appears large if AA'e are thinking of Pygmy 
OavI and small if \A T e compare him Avith 
the Horned OavIs. 
His evening song is not unpleasant. A 
good imitation of it can be made bv short 
rapid whistles, or by bloAving rapidly into 
a bottle. 
One evening, the children found little 
Kennicott sitting upon a telephone post. 
They knocked him OA r er and brought him 
to me. He appeared but little the Averse 
for his adventure. 
When any one approached him, he 
would hiss and snap, but finding this of 
no avail he became as gentle as a kitten, 
allowing himself to be handled as though 
lie appreciated being caressed. 
Ivennicott’s Screech OavI is here all the 
A^ear. 
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