Bubo virginianus. 1896, Lake Umbagog. September 4. Mysterious Owl. Pine Point. Just as it was getting dark this evening the same mys- terious Owl that we heard on Pine Point in 1893 started a serenade at the head of our boat cove. First he honked four times, next hooted thrice and finally hainked several times. After this si- lence. September 11. Lake Umbagog. Strange Owl visits camp. Pine Point. As we were eating supper in the open camp I heard a long, piercingly shrill whistle back in the woods in the direction of the big hemlocks. A minute or two later a huge Owl came flying from this direction and alighted on a branch of the tall pine in front of the camp, but, startled, no doubt, by an exclamation from one of our men, it almost immediately took flight again and dis- appeared towards the lake. It looked as large as the biggest Ea- gle. Its wings made a loud rushing sound like the wind blowing through pines. [For convenience I have put this here. W.D.] September 20. The mysterious Owl again visits camp. Lake Umbagog. At about 8 P.M. just as the moon was rising above the Pine Point. trees our mysterious Owl paid the Point a second visit, honking and hooting for nearly ten minutes. He appeared to be on the hem- lock knoll, but when I attempted to steal thither along our path he became silent and presently began again nearly out of hearing towards the east. He did not utter the haink cry to-night. I be- lieve his honk is almost as loud as the tock of the Trinidad Bell Bird. 52