. Familiar life in field and forest; the animals, birds, frogs, and salamanders. Zoology. STRANGE CREATURES WITH STRANGE VOICES. 99 meadows of Grafton County, IS". H., and I know tliat he makes the noise when there is not a bit of water in his vicinity. Bradford Torrey records a most inter- esting performance of a bit- tern which he witnessed in company with Mr. Walter Faxon,* and he declares that the bird was perched on the dry remnants of an old haystack. He furthermore says the sounds are not en- tirely caused by an exertion of the vocal organs, but are connected in some way with the d
. Familiar life in field and forest; the animals, birds, frogs, and salamanders. Zoology. STRANGE CREATURES WITH STRANGE VOICES. 99 meadows of Grafton County, IS". H., and I know tliat he makes the noise when there is not a bit of water in his vicinity. Bradford Torrey records a most inter- esting performance of a bit- tern which he witnessed in company with Mr. Walter Faxon,* and he declares that the bird was perched on the dry remnants of an old haystack. He furthermore says the sounds are not en- tirely caused by an exertion of the vocal organs, but are connected in some way with the distention of the crop and the drawing in of the breath, not the throwing of it out after the crop is full. In the dim twilight suc- ceeding a warm day in spring another strange but familiar note comes across the meadow from the edge of the bordering wood, and we recognize at once the hoot of an owl. It is a barytone note, and from its depth and freedom from. The Great Horned Owl. * The Auk, vol. vi, p. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Mathews, F. Schuyler (Ferdinand Schuyler), 1854-1938; Underwood, William Lyman, 1864-1929, phot. New York, D. Appleton and Company
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