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 THE CONDOR Vol. XlII The weather on Februar 17 was fairly moderate, with the snow melting slightly, though the. preceding days from February 6 had been stormy enough, with temperatures as severe as ten below zero. But the sitting bird was wonder- fully protected from the storm winds of the north and west and flushed from three large perfect eggs that lay in the slight hollow of the decayed wood on the north side of the cavity. It seemed to me out of the question, with such. temperature as February and March were sure to bring, to obtain any pictures without having the owls put their date a little later ixi the seasou; so, after a little quick thought, I pocketed these eggs and went home. My convictiou that the owls would not abandon so ideal a site after a probable occupancy of years was fully coufirmed wheu, on March 23, three more eggs were found, just like the first and lyi.g in exactly the same little hollow. Saturday, April 7, was the first warm day of spring. On this day Mr. W. W. White, a studeut in Corneli College, and I made the first attempts to secure pictures of the owls' home and surroundings. Mr. White's ingenuity proved greater than l*ig. 4. A PORTION OF THE OV,'LS' HUNTING RANGE AS SEEN FROM THE PUBLIC HIGHVqA; NEST TREE ON EXTREME RIGHT my own aud to him are to be credited the scheme for getting a cainera within range of the nest and the successful picture of the eggs in si/u. He also took the frout view of the nest tree, looking norfinvest and showlug the geueral situation and the interesting structure of the big elm itself. I merely helped him with the necessary ladders and ropes. Our two twenty-foot ladders, lashed together aud drawu up with a guy rope so as to rest on the aforesaid strategic branch, made anything but a solid fomidation from which to work. Nevertheless all the near views of the nest were taken from this mistearly perch, the camera being tied with strings to the sides and ruugs of the topmost ladder. On April 14 two young were found in the nest and the remaiuing egg was much pipped. Both young were eutirely blind m}d only one gave much sign of life. This was done by uttering a querulous little note somewhat like that of a very young chickeu when excited but' uot sufficiently frightened to peep. The older one was able to hold its head u19 slightly while the smaller was entirely help-