, 1875-02-06

anu fAth, II lHGT auHad lIGH Npp13 VIII tQti
= a;r1o-.!?% and ot.cr hurrosers. and
dwell With old ne;siltors IN friendly To-
iatr,n. t2e"r ttnl'cA nrn told Of the coin
ra,,lotI.I1;ps tLrv sometimes form. IN observer
Li,re fund. In tho Sau9 burEaw. female oT1
with tsu eE;R. female gfolnd-n1ntEtcl (Hper-
.nopai:us N9nynssN, and racer.shaGo. Tho
ia snako is oItcn IN inmate Ut tho hautiti0n
t,!sFed IN cprla In by thls "wa aud ii. Ira're-
tor, uf,a all Accm to I've toSnthcr in harmony.
Lid either displly a dt.pot'tton 10 rno'+ss tl'e
others tlcre NO Id 30 Il cnsus dirtolntson Of
it,ese con1tn,Hslc toraeties ; but they appear 10
fl,nrinh tn ths enLsfacsion of VII rar'lee cen
cerued. When ahi nrt!, tho bnrfoulnE n"l co:n-
tnenees bowing and go,t,cnlAsln9, and chatter
lug, in most iudicTous tasnion; Or it irst taeea
to ia wings hyl1lH s"i!tts along. tue ground 90
mora distnns locality, aud tleTe breaka ont into
Gxrised e1prcAriUns Of drapprobation. Near
sehtcd neopio have tho key 10 the queer bow
ings auI twi,tingH Of the head charac crlstfo OF
tho owl falni'. They nre made IN the effort to
adjust tLe focus Of vision correctly, tnd htisWet
voluntarily psacticed bs thu shnrt.tiehtcd.
Ihs snowy owl is noble bird. lta home is
within tho Arctic Crcfc, and il ID never met with
IN the Unitcd stAtcs, aIys ID nniINtncr, sud theh
tl,o e1qo OF n,'-holcs In tho ice. eriscA Win
liehtnlng-ilxs cccr.ty ererT i.nnv venturer that
comes to thu su' faco. It alao feeds on hares,
| Bantfrcls, sass, ke.. "
InhnDitlng the Pacific States. Tho California
pLgmv owl {f'faRcadtuHs E1saettnnni, var. Cali
joynice.,nl n no: larger than = .,,a,ron, and Ia
uiarnal 10 itn hahitc. is no:ca aro represented
as clear and SUIT like tioso Of aasc. It7 TO ID
| IL entirely iutcc:iYcrous. Mhtnevh owl (3fi.
co1tteae Wf".H) Is les In size than tho Bpec.ts
i mat m.utionc1 anl in the ema!lest known
! On cur Continent. The sed@:aliea owl {Gtdncids.
KIN jfrnuy1ne4sra) in ajso t. diminnlito species,
: confined 10 tue Sout!,ern Territories aud Mexico
and theuco ranging tito South Ame,ca. III
/ tic k-ycutcen epccics dwelling in Nost!t Amerl'
! ca, t,ro-:he barn ow! {sI'sr It1'n'nea) and TIC
marsh owl {Otas 1'achSofua)-aro found in I'll
pas III OF tho sorld nl,lo 1astro ircm nnore Il
: shore OF our Con.iuett: anl two--tha burrowiua
owl and tho great Horned p~l-a'o peculiar &
! tie Western 11etuiEnlcro. On account Of the
SECLUDED habits Of tito tw!s, their nests ars mo-
frequently met With, aud tncir egg arc ra,s
! lraasu1es IN tl,r cabinets Of tho onlos.e.
Among the clloie" rossessiuts Of the k1nitnso
nian lnstItnto a Q fonf Eggs Of tho snowy onl
shicl Gait. e. r. Hall took from Is'st on tll'
bare ground wLil- OH rome Arctic expedltion
ard cent, packed in IN old mt o.asn. to tho La
! eio,laf att fcllGrs0 OF Ecieutlhc cuntn ties.
Owls arc sometimes exposed htHGng game
b;r6s III The market. 1heT arc eaten xith Esea
rc'isl, by the negrccs ard l,ciau tribes. Audo
Lon tostlfics that the teAl1 Of the snowy owl la
dainty and 1snI4tabIe Havoc.
VutTuREs.
An iu,ercsting discussion has been conducse,
10 lila coIumuA Of tho London Ii.ufs upon tn
nature of tho insIinct rlich infolmn suturcs 0
tho presence Of objects OF prey. Strong CYL
lencc has been brought by three sose'al core
tnondents against tho doctrine tha. the eeEs
which guides tho vulfure ls tha: Of anal. Eul
tute4 arc attracted even before tia death Of til
creature Which il to become taeis PIER. Tue
are slso attracted in the dcsers where the hez
is So dry sba: there ia DO smell, and befots deca
La. begun in tl,s dying OF dead animal to Hhic
,loy are drarn. tbs hcrtlemen Of tie And'
b,acd tllair cattle from b,acx ratter than ltst
, cotorea etoca, that thev may not be ds1ected
! tho coudora that scour tina bnayrns III search {
prey. lha IA ial organ Of tic valtute is far let
, iiuelY orgaulzed than llB e:e. Which prof
ably ia IS far-s'shted as humsn cy
i armed w!tI ttlctcops, Elsle it command
wien the Li:.a is aiott, far wider field. LII
! weight Of testimony brought for sard IN The cor
tlososy also shows tha. .he vutuHo has facn
, " for measu.iue tie angle with The horlzou
: Which &uotbe. vu'sUro il aying,-spca lhe tigl
: OF great number Is found to converge accs
+ rateIy. without tho losss deviation, on eanr
8 ,oint though many nf them fly from . heigl
4 loo email 10 clm;t Of their being guided by tho
! ! own Ei.ion. Their course in tach catcs seem
. in all probability. TO tc directed simrls by obse
Q yatiou Of tao anglo aud line of Hight of the
c moro elevated c5lnradoE.