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Strong, 1921.
Hazelton, B.C. Alt. 954 ft,
Sun. Got a S & x Rusty Blackbird after a hard hunt. Also
got a Northern Hairy Woodpeckers. Heard Evening Gros-
beaks but saw none. Mosquitoes terrible. Also got
a x Purple Finch (Eastern) and saw others. Two
Night-hawks (Eastern) were in the barn and I wounded
but lost one. Got two Cooted Jays and wounded another
out of a flock of three down by the R.R. tracks near
the bridge. Went to the movies in Hazelton, and
coming back about ten, saw a Horned Owl near
the cabin.
113. Tree Toad
114. & Swm. Horned Owl, 1273.2 gms. June 5, 1921 (approx.)
June 5, 1921. Alt. 959 ft. (approx.)
June 5, 1921. (959 ft. alt.)
Stom. cont. remains - bones and hairs of one red squirrel.
Sun. [illegible] June 5. - Hunted up in musklog, and in timber
back of it. Saw little or way up, got one S Redstart.
On the edge of the swamp we got a S Rusty Black-
birds, and farther a beautiful Cock?-Bufflel Sparow,
which was strutting under a Cedar tree. I went
into the swamp, or rather into its thick woods
back of it and snaked into where some Pishins
were making a lot of fuss over something. Up
on the mossy branch of a big Spruce I
saw a fuzzy young Great Horned Owl within
elow at me. I shot him and another Owl
flew off ahead of me which I got with my