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 Richardson's Owl while sible. with BY P. B. PEABODY With photographs from nature by the author N the thirteenth of April last, at Hallock, Minn., while afield in the morning after Migration Re- port data, I stumbled suddenly upon a Richard- son's Owl, in a willow bush, four feet up, on a brush-land side-hill, two hundred yards above the river. A strong wind was blowing, and kept the willow stems a-swa^ing and the feathers fluttering, the dullness of an overcast sky made quick exposures impos- Nevertheless, I hurried home, a mile away, and returned camera and plates, — 'Crown' and 'Stanley.' The bird was W Richardson's owl still /// si'/u, and leaning, as before, against the upright stem near- est him, as a brace against the wind. With stop i6, or a little larger, and time i to ^ second, both according to the conditions of wind and sky, eight exposures were made, beginning at five feet distance^ (igo)