Page:Condor10(4).djvu/13

 Jul3,, 190g FIEI,D NOTES FRO.M AI.ASKA 143 of some one as much as to say "Aw! Aw! I don't believe it." Mr. Heller suggested that it sounded like the subdued notes of a California burro! We had a couple of bright days on Green Island and the mosquito and "no see" flies increased about a thousand fold. The mosquitoes were worse at night; but by getting inside of two or three nets arranged inside of each other, one could get a little sleep. All self-respecting flies are supposed to cease from their blood letting by night time but this particular breed was so industrious that they simply swarmed into the tent and no mosquito net is fine enough to stop them. It was useless to try to kill them and their bite feels like fire and swells up like baking powder biscuits. At last I wrapped my head up in the blankets aud then about smothered but I was away from the pesky flies. We must make another try at Montague as we have no bear from there yet. Then we will work the islands east of here until we strike the Kenai Peninsula where we ought to get some good big game hunting La 7buche. Alas'a. THE NESTING OF THE ROCKY MOUNTAIN SCREECH OWL IN WYOMING By CHAS. W. METZ WItH FOUR PilOTOS BY THE AUTHOR S O far as I know, no collector has reported the nesting of the Rocky Mountain Screech Owl (0tus asio maxwd//w) in Wyoming. A few notes taken by me in the northern part of the State, may, therefore, not come amiss. The first nest was found May 30, 1906, the old bird being flushed from a bush NESTING SITE OF ROCKY MOUNTAIN CREECH OWL [in tree truuk to right of picture)