A Widely Banghicj Owl. 87 



species. The fact that the barn owl seldom migrates, 

 and is a more or less sedentary bird, makes its want of 

 variation all the more remarkable. The only bird of 

 this species that we found inhabited the rocky hill, 



BLEEPING MAHOMET. 



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Gebel Auli, which I have already mentioned as the 

 haunt of bats and hedgehogs. The owl seemed to have 

 no mate and lived in a small cavern in the rock. This 

 had perhaps been used as a nesting place, and it was 

 littered with castings of the rejected fur and bones of 

 the bird's prey. 



