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" I have seen a young Barn Owl take down nine 

 full-grown mice one after another till the tail of 

 the ninth stuck out of his mouth, and in three 

 hours' time the young 'gourmand' was crying out 

 for more." 



Fig. 6. 

 From Deir-el-Bahari. 



