. Bird lore . so near the joint that there was no displacement of the bone. It is hard toexplain why the Owl did not leave the tree as soon as the chopping com-menced, but since the fracture was recent it seemed almost certain that his Disabled Birds 193 thigh was broken when the tree fell. This bird was the most magnificentBarred Owl imaginable. His feathers were in perfect condition. For yearswe had known a of pair of Owls in this wood, so I believe, since we no longerhear them, that the bird was one of them, and was therefore of considerableage. As with the Crow, we tried to help him but wi
. Bird lore . so near the joint that there was no displacement of the bone. It is hard toexplain why the Owl did not leave the tree as soon as the chopping com-menced, but since the fracture was recent it seemed almost certain that his Disabled Birds 193 thigh was broken when the tree fell. This bird was the most magnificentBarred Owl imaginable. His feathers were in perfect condition. For yearswe had known a of pair of Owls in this wood, so I believe, since we no longerhear them, that the bird was one of them, and was therefore of considerableage. As with the Crow, we tried to help him but without better success. Weplaced sterile gauze over the wound and enclosed the whole in a plaster ofParis splint; since there was no overriding of the broken bones, traction wasnot required. Our Owl occasionally presented a strange appearance, when we found himsitting quietly on the edge of the bureau, his back turned on us and his facelooking directly at us. He ate meat and drank and out of a spoon at the first. AN ADAPTED BUCKS EXTENSION opportunity. At no time did he offer to bite us, and he hardly ever seemedfrightened. From increasing experience with Barred Owls I am coming tobelieve that they are all very gentle birds. He lived in a room with the win-dows open, and for several nights he called to his mate who was down in thewoods. The Hoo! Hoo! was really a terrific sound when heard so close at bird lived ten days and we heard the mate calhng for many nights afterthis, but in vain—no answer now resounded from the box on the floor. In the following spring, one noon, as we were eating our lunch in thewoods near the Hackensack, there was a male Scarlet Tanager moving aboutin the bushes. To our amazement we were able to walk right up to the birdand one of us picked him up. He made but a feeble struggle and was found that there was a deep wound in the base of the neck in front andalso one on the top of the head. When an angleworm was held out to him, heate w
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