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 Mar., 1914 HISTORY OF A PAIR OF PACIFIC HORNED OWLS 51 and crept away leaving madam in complete possession. The better of the two negatives is shown in the picture of the sitting bird facing yQu (fig. 8). Fig. 21. PACIFIC HORNED OWL'S NEST; EGG AND NEWLY HATCHED YOUNG; BODY OF POCKET RAT IN BACK-GROUND Hoping to secure something better I returned again after dinner and upon making a cautious ascent of the rockpile, ound madam as approachable as ever; she now disdained to honor me with a front view. She had turned completely Fig. 22. YOUNG PACIFIC HORNED OWLS ONE WEEK OLD; PORTION OF WOOD RAT IN BACK-GROUND around and was now loo.king over her back at me, demonstrating that she cer- tainly was in possession of a rubber neck! Using the single combhmtion of my