. Birds of Massachusetts and other New England states. Birds; Birds. MIDDLESEX WORCESTER >â *- f^--,-SUFFOLK. Reported Occurrences of the Barn Owl in L ââ,^^^, xPLYMOUTH \oK\5TUL ) A Massachusetts Haunts and Habits. Since the dawn of history, owls have been the pitiable victims of ignorance and superstition. Hated, despised and feared by many peoples, only their nocturnal habits have enabled them to survive in company with civilized man. In the minds of mankind they have been leagued with witches and malignant evil spirits, or even have been believed to personify the Evil One. They have bee
. Birds of Massachusetts and other New England states. Birds; Birds. MIDDLESEX WORCESTER >â *- f^--,-SUFFOLK. Reported Occurrences of the Barn Owl in L ââ,^^^, xPLYMOUTH \oK\5TUL ) A Massachusetts Haunts and Habits. Since the dawn of history, owls have been the pitiable victims of ignorance and superstition. Hated, despised and feared by many peoples, only their nocturnal habits have enabled them to survive in company with civilized man. In the minds of mankind they have been leagued with witches and malignant evil spirits, or even have been believed to personify the Evil One. They have been regarded as precursors of sorrow and death, and some savage tribes have been so fixed in the belief that a man will die if an owl alights on the roof of his dwelling that, it is said, some Indians having KET 1 Southwick, J. M.: Proceedings of Newport Natural History Society, 1888, p. 7 ; and Random Notea, Vol. Ill, 1886, p. 91. » Howe, R. H, and Sturtevant, E.: Birda of Rhode Island, 1899, p. 61. ' Job, H. K.: The Sport of Bird Study, 1908, p. 298. * Sage, J. H., Bishop, L. B., and Bliss, M. A.: Birds of Connecticut, p. 85. 5 Vibert, C. W.: in Kit. Reported also by Frank 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 Forbush, Edward Howe, 1858-1929; Massachusetts. Dept. of Agriculture. [Norwood, Ma. : Printed by Berwick and Smith Company]
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