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gressively through the years and centuries to come, a real forest, closely 
similar to the natural primeval forests which once covered this and others 
of the Potomac river islands’. The Association adopted Mr. Olmsted’s 
ideas and engaged him to draft the plans. 
Now the highway planners for the District of Columbia plan a bridge 
between Washington and Arlington over Roosevelt Island, which would 
ruin it as a sanctuary. The island was purchased with funds contributed 
by people living in every state of the Union, in Alaska, Hawaii, the Virgin 
Islands, and the Panama Canal Zone. 
Protests against this plan to invade the island should be sent to 
Brigadier General Bernard L. Robinson, Engineer Commissioner, Municipal 
Bldg., Washington, D.C. It is desirable that copies of protests be sent to 
the Secretary of the Roosevelt Memorial Association, Mr. Hermann Hage- 
dorn, 28 East 20th Street, New York 3, N.Y., to be submitted to the 
House and Senate Committees on the District at an appropriate time. 
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A Quiz on Owls 
By ANNA C., AMES 
What owl is found in nearly the whole world except Australia? 
Which is the only owl to inhabit the treeless plains and deserts of 
the West? 
3. Which is the smallest of the owls in eastern North America? 
4. Which is the most proficient hooter among the owls? 
5. What bird will take the place of a cat as a mouse-catcher about farm 
homes? 
6. Which is the only large North American owl that has conspicuous 
“horns” or tufts of feathers on the head? 
Which is the only owl that is almost entirely diurnal in its habits? 
8. What small owls are entirely dependent upon the presence of the 
giant cactus (saguaro) ? 
9. Which is the only small owl of the North with conspicuous eartufts? 
10. What birds have pleasing songs referred to as “water-dripping?” 
11. What owl is said to take its prey “always while in motion, by a swift, 
darting flight, sinking its long, curved talons to the vitals as it 
strikes?” 
12. Which is the only owl that nests regularly on the surface of the 
ground in marshy regions? 
13. Which is the largest of the North American owls in appearance and 
in measurements, though not in weight? 
14. What bird sings a courtship song like the slow tolling of a soft but 
high-pitched bell? 
15. What species of owl destroys many insectivorous birds? 
16. What owl has been called the “tiger of the air” and “the evil genius 
of the woods?” 
