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Strong. 1921, Kuspine Valley, 23 mi. N. of Hazelton, B.C. 79.
Mr. Beirne Langh has seen them 100 mi. north of here.
This evening as we were hunting mainly for loon
a flock of eight big Canada Geese flew over apparently
heading for the lake. They made a beautiful
sight as they flew in a long line across the
sunset sky, with the gray mountains in the background.
Shot one young Slate: Colonel Juneo.
Fri. June 24. Mr. Swarth saw a Yamend Solitaire this
morning, and shot a male Purple Finch and two
Cedar Waxwings, while taking a picture of
a Juneo's nest. Yesterday he saw a female
Mallard drum in the marsh. I hunted thru
the field and boggy ground to the north, and
came out on a small slough near
Four
Horned
Owls.
the edge of the big cottonwoods when an owl
flew up, I shot him, and another flew up
in a fence about thirty feet off. I shot him
with the aux. when another flew up and
I killed him at long range with P.P. shot.
Hearing hoots off toward the river and got another
Owl at long range. All four were young but
and I only caught a glimpse of what may
have been the adult in the distance. They
are large dark birds, and probably have
no mature feathers for identification. This
is a very large brood, two being usual. Evidently,