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and this without regard to sex, age or season. Their habits are 
nocturnal and their tempers vicious. Two specimens were once 
left over night in a basket supposably dead, one of them revived 
and ate half of his dead companion. 
In the u Standard Natural History ” Mr. M. A. Frazer is re¬ 
ported to have said: “January 19th, I took an owl from a nest, 
and on reaching to the bottom of the hole, I found sixteen Horned 
Pouts, and four of these were alive. All the ponds were theti 
under two feet of snow and ice and I was at a loss to know where 
the fish were obtained. I visited the ponds and fully a mile away, 
some boys had cut holes through the ice to get pickerel bait. 
The owl had probably stationed itself at these holes, catching the 
fish as they came to the surface. A busy time of it flying thirty 
miles for sixteen Plorned Pouts.” 
We now come to a large and handsome species, prominent 
among them is the Great Horned Owl, distributed with its va¬ 
rieties all over the United States. They are not scarce here, and 
breed in the State, as proven by three fledglings taken from the 
old nest of a Fish Hawk, by Mr. Hall of Warren. They are 
said to be fond of young turkeys and also feed on skunk, this fact 
is often apparent when you have shot and obtained your owl. 
The Snow Owl, Arctic Owl is often called the White Owl. 
This is a misnomer, for though occasionally a specimen is found 
that will show only here and there a spot of brown on the white 
plumage, the great majority are white only on the front and face, 
the wings, tail, back and head being well sprinkled with spots 
and bars of brown. During the winter of 1876-7, Rhode Island 
was blessed with a remarkable flight of these birds ; I know of 
over thirty specimens collected at that time ; the following winter 
I think none were taken. Since that time an occasional speci¬ 
men has been noted, until this past winter when I have chanced 
to know of eight or ten Rhode Island specimens. This bird flies 
by daylight and especially prefers the neighborhood of salt water 
marshes, where it feeds much upon fish. 
The Great Grey or Spectral Owl. This is a woodland owl, 
living probably upon grouse, hares and such game, and coming 
south occasionally from the great pine woods of the north. In 
February, 1S83, a single specimen was captured at Fox Island 
