. Bird-land echoes; . ered Fiends. 239 and then, flying northward, disappeared among thepines. I generally see them on dark, cloudy daysbefore a snow-storm, but remember one brilliantlyclear day after a storm in March, when a dozenor more passed over, scattering along at no greatdistance from each other,some within fifty yards ofthe ground and others upperhaps an eighth of a that bright sunlight,against the dark-blue sky,they were beautiful beyondanything I remember see-ing. . On one occasionI was riding along a backroad, when a snowy owlthat seemed to have beeneating something in theb
. Bird-land echoes; . ered Fiends. 239 and then, flying northward, disappeared among thepines. I generally see them on dark, cloudy daysbefore a snow-storm, but remember one brilliantlyclear day after a storm in March, when a dozenor more passed over, scattering along at no greatdistance from each other,some within fifty yards ofthe ground and others upperhaps an eighth of a that bright sunlight,against the dark-blue sky,they were beautiful beyondanything I remember see-ing. . On one occasionI was riding along a backroad, when a snowy owlthat seemed to have beeneating something in thebushes, started up and, fly-ing about our heads, actu-ally threatened us with itsclaws. Mr. Cram adds that thetaxidermists offer so high aprice for these birds thatgunners make a businessof shooting them, and, as anow scarce. There will be deep regret in the futurewhen the landscape is robbed of all its wilder phasesof bird-life and the imagination called upon tosupply the weird cries that are still heard, but only. Homed Owl. consequence, they are 240 Bird-Land Echoes. as we wander farther and farther away from a civil-ization whose demerit is an utter disregard of theclaims that wild life has upon the world. A cagedspecimen at the Zoo is a poor substitute for thesuperb snowy owl that occasionally brightens a win-ter landscape.
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