56 BIRDS OF P. E. ISLAND. ©mls.

In Prince Edward Island we have seven Owls, all fluffy grey, or brown, lovers of the darkness, seeking their prey during the shadowy hours and hiding in the darkest thickets during the day. The Great Snowy Owl alone hawks over the crystal fields of winter in broad daylight. It is an Arctic bird coming down from the desolate regions of Labrador only during the severest weather to search for mice, shrews, and other small quadrupeds on our less deeply inundated fields. Its plumage is white with dusky spots.

The Great Horned Owl K 13/1/10 l/l'ngz'xzz'mms) is is a huge, dark—colored owl of the primative forest, two feet in length and four feet in extent of wings, conspicuously marked by two large tufts of feathers which stand erect on its head like great ears. It sometimes comes about farm houses, robbing poultry yards, and making night hideous with its dismal booting. 'l‘hese great birds lay but two eggs in the naked hollow of a tree.

The Screech Owl is a miniature 1371/10 and not half the size of Vz'igz'm'mms. It is strictly noc-

turnal and unable to stand the light of day.