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SHORT-EARED OWL. 



in the same nest, for the eggs seem to be laid at long 

 intervals apart. This, it appears, occurs with other 

 birds of the same family. 



The eggs, pure white, are generally five or six in 

 number. 



This Owl may easily be recognised by its long ears. 

 Its upper plumage is a mixture of dusky brown and 

 grey and buffi the under parts are huffish brown, 

 becoming lighter lower down, streaked with dark and 

 light brown. 



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SHORT-EARED OWL. 



STRIX BRACHYOTUS. 



Family Strigid.^. Genus Strix. 



Woodcock Owl — Short-horned Howlet — Mouse Hawk — Hawk 

 Owl. 



Great interest attaches to this Owl, from the fact 

 that it differs so much from the rest of its kind in its 



