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ceived a note from the Secretary
in which he in forms me that our
librarian has only sent you the
numbers of the last volume, the
others being in complete. He adds
we can put to gether about six
copies of the journal without plates,
and that is all we possess and adds
that you are clearly entitled to
one of these and promises at
the next council meeting to try
and procure you the vote of a set.

And now, before I forget it, let me
say that the owls egg you sent is not
the short eared. I have a good specimen
of that obtained by Eliot Cabot Esq
in Nova Scotia. So yours must be
the long eared, if that bird is found
on the prairies. If not, What is it.
It is not oblong like the Shorteared
it more spherical and altogether
a handsomer egg, but [illegible] in
it is worth a dosen short eared if
we can only positively fix it. Can

ceived a note from the Secretary
in which he in forms me that our
librarian has only sent you the
numbers of the last volume, the
others being incomplete. He adds
we can put to gether about six
copies of the journal without plates,
and that is all we possess and adds
that you are clearly entitled to
one of these and promises at
the next council meeting to try
and procure you the vote of a set.

And now, before I forget it, let me
say that the owls egg you sent is not
the short eared. I have a good specimen
of that obtained by Eliot Cabot Esq
in Nova Scotia. So yours must be
the long eared, if that bird is found
on the prairies. If not, What is it.
It is not oblong like the shorteared
& more spherical and altogether
a handsomer egg, but [illegible] in
it is worth a dosen short eared if
we can only positively fix it. Can