It did not seem to mind the light and also 
Was active at night. A good deal of time is 
spent in the windows every bird that crosses 
the sky is seen and followed eagerly with the 
iris suddenly lessened in size. It can enlarge 
Or contract the eye-opening at will. When 
first received it was in poor plumage hut soon 
moulted. It eats on an average about a sparrow 
a day. Tough beef it cannot tear. One day I 
fed it a garter snake a foot long. It bit its 
head to kill it and then swallowed it head first. 
The last two inches of tail went down hard. 
Sometimes it ate out of rry hand with a equaling 
note resembling that of a young dove slightly. 
When given anything to eat it always waited a 
long while if I was present before eating- it. 
It generally sat \ ith its feathers rumpled up 
hut when it occasionally smoothed down it was 
Very pretty. It ran around on foot a great 
deal. All food that was not eaten at once was 
piled up in one comer of the box. If I held 
& sparrow in ny hand it would fly up and grasp 
it. Sometimes several attempts were necessary 
before it clutched it. Then it would crouch 
down on it with ruffled feathers and wings 
spread to the fullest extent and scream harshly 
at me. One note was harsh and appeared to be a 
callnote. It was varied into the longer shriller 
scream when angiy. Another was an odd little 
chuckle frequently given as it ran down into 
the hole. Another was a singular hollow pow 
generally given hut once. 
Anyone not knowing what it was would be 
frightened hy the last two. It calls to everyone 
that comes into the barn. Frequently it sees one 
at a distance through the window and gives the 
harsh note or the chuckle. It is afraid of our 
dog perhaps recognising the form of the coyote. 
Once the dog came in while the door was ajar and 
the owl promptly flew out and sat on the cutter, 
'■'dien the dog came out it went hack in. It does 
