. Bird lore . n the mere knowledge of there had been any real reason for killing them, any crime justifying theirdeath warrant, I should feel their loss less keenly, but they were shot as a testof markmanship and as wantonly, perhaps even more wantonly, than if I wereto -hoot at the automobilists whirring by, simply to see if I could hit them. There is a certain rarely uttered scream of the Barred Owl which raisesthe hair and stops the heart-beat for a moment of those who, evert with a clearconscience, hear it, and if from time to time it could echo in the dreams of themurderer of my Bar
. Bird lore . n the mere knowledge of there had been any real reason for killing them, any crime justifying theirdeath warrant, I should feel their loss less keenly, but they were shot as a testof markmanship and as wantonly, perhaps even more wantonly, than if I wereto -hoot at the automobilists whirring by, simply to see if I could hit them. There is a certain rarely uttered scream of the Barred Owl which raisesthe hair and stops the heart-beat for a moment of those who, evert with a clearconscience, hear it, and if from time to time it could echo in the dreams of themurderer of my Barred Owls, I should feel that in a small measure, at least,he was reaping as he had sowed. An appeal to sentiment alone will doubtless not win for other Barred Owlsthat right to live which is the privilege of all law-abiding citizens, but that sucha privilege is their due may be gathered from the appended photographic state-ment of their value to mankind. A BARRED OWL PORTRAIT From a drawing bv Robert Sim? (14). Casts or pellets disgorged by the Barred Owl. The skulls and other bones of meadow mice maybe plainly seen. A coin has been introduced into the picture to show comparative size
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