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 Mar., 1914 HISTORY OF A PAIR OF PACIFIC HORNED OWLS 49 tion if I withdrew a short distance. When nearing the nesting site upon the morning of the second of March, just four weeks after the nest was located, the bird usually perched in the oak was nowhere to be seen, but upon stealthily Fig. 18. PACIFIC HORNED OWL oN'NsT; FIRST POSITION, FACING OUTWARD creeping to the crest of the large rock across from the nest, and raising my head just enough to see over, I found myself gazing into the moon-like eyes of one of Fig. 19. PACIFIC ttORNED OWL ON NEST; SECOND POSITION, TURNED AROUND AND LOOKING out OVER HER BACK the old birds. Beyond a slight ruffling of the feathers over the whole body and especially those of the throat, she paid no attention to me. This being the first time I had succeeded in getting so close, I immediately secured two exposures