. Birds and nature . house dressed inthose hues the lordly young crowwould become frantic, spreading hiswings and tail, bobbing his head fromside to side and circling around withloud cries of Come on. Come on, tothe great amusement of all. He wouldeven go to the gate with the visitorsand have to be brought back. Hewould often eat corn with the chickensand wouLd act very greedy, rapidly fill-ing up his bill with the precioiis grain,rushing away and hiding it, then com-ing back for more; so unless the chick-ens made haste Jim got the lions enjoyed his life in the long richKentucky blue
. Birds and nature . house dressed inthose hues the lordly young crowwould become frantic, spreading hiswings and tail, bobbing his head fromside to side and circling around withloud cries of Come on. Come on, tothe great amusement of all. He wouldeven go to the gate with the visitorsand have to be brought back. Hewould often eat corn with the chickensand wouLd act very greedy, rapidly fill-ing up his bill with the precioiis grain,rushing away and hiding it, then com-ing back for more; so unless the chick-ens made haste Jim got the lions enjoyed his life in the long richKentucky blue grass and would sun hisglossy feathers upon the emerald sward,and many a truss of scarlet geraniumwas caressed too rudely by his power-ful bill. He was a remarkably intelli-gent bird, perfectly contented with hishome and petted and loved by his mis-tress. But poor Jim was hurt one dayby a stray .dog and closed his brighteyes in farewell to the beautiful worldin which he had so much A. Carothers. 32. FROM COL. O. C. PAGIN 126 SHORT-EARED OWL. (Asio accipitrinus).I Life-size. rOPYHIGHT 1900, BY A. W. MUMFt THE SHORT-EARED OWL [Asio accipUrinus,) There are few if any birds which have The Short-eared Owls should be pro- a greater range than the Short-eared tected as they are of very great service Owl. It is nearly cosmopolitan and in to the agriculturist for they destrov America it is found in all suitable locali- large numbers of field mice. It has been ties from the Arctic Ocean to the south- estimated that at least seventy-five per ern extremity of South America. It is cent of their food consists of mice. Thev a well known bird and bears many popu- also feed upon other small mammals lar names, the more common of which such as gophers, shrews and small rab- are Swamp Owl, Ghost Owl, Prairie bits. Dr. J. C. Merrill reports that in Owl, Snipe Owl and Prairie Eared one specimen he found a pellet ready for Owl. regurgitation which contained ten nearly The Short-eare
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