. The Oölogist for the student of birds, their nests and eggs . n from the side toexpose the interior of the nest toview. While I was doing all this work thesitting bird made no attempt to leaveand I could handle the eggs under herand touch her as I pleased. The onlydemonstration she made was in click-ing her bill, owl fashion, and lightlypecking my hand. Mrs. Richardson wasone of the gentlest little birds I evermet. When I had finished cutting outthe nest I climbed down the stub andmounted the tripod again and securedpicture number two and then picturethree after my friend succeeded inscaring
. The Oölogist for the student of birds, their nests and eggs . n from the side toexpose the interior of the nest toview. While I was doing all this work thesitting bird made no attempt to leaveand I could handle the eggs under herand touch her as I pleased. The onlydemonstration she made was in click-ing her bill, owl fashion, and lightlypecking my hand. Mrs. Richardson wasone of the gentlest little birds I evermet. When I had finished cutting outthe nest I climbed down the stub andmounted the tripod again and securedpicture number two and then picturethree after my friend succeeded inscaring the little owl from her treas-ures at last. There were four freshly killed micein the nest, three of them partly eatenand one untouched. This would seemto show that the sitting bird was fedby its mate. The nest was about fifteen feetfrom the ground and the cavity aboutten inches deep, lined with finegrasses, both green and dry gatheredfrom the muskeg. There were threeperfectly fresh eggs in the nest, mostlikely an incomplete set. In size they THE OOLOGIST 67. Nesting stub and Richardsons Owl in nest entrance. AlbertaProv., Canada. —Photo by A. D. Henderson. 68 THE OOLOGIST were between those of the Hawk Owland the Saw Whet. These eggs arenow in Mr. Barnes collection andwere secured near Belvedere, Alber-ta. Although I did not secure the nestof the Hawk Owl that I expected, Iwas even more pleased to add thisrecord to my collection experiences,especially as the very next day I wasfortunate enough to find two nests ofthe Hawk Owl in two other little mus-kegs in the hills and later on, stillanother. However I must reserve adescription of these nests and the ac-companying pictures for a futurearticle if the editor permits. A. D. Henderson, Peace River,Alta, Can. We are indebted to Mr. Hendersonfor the foregoing and for the splendidphotographs which accompany thepapers. It is indeed unusual that weget as thorough a delineation of thenesting of so rare a bird.—Editor. Packing Sm
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