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was too tiny to face the cold and always managed to 

 creep beneath his elder brethren when the mother was 

 away. Feathers began to appear about the fourth 

 day and after that the young rapidly increased in 

 strength, and began to show fight. The first Owlet 

 had left the nest on May 24th and could not be found, 

 the second was only a few yards away, while the third 

 remained still in the nest. E.L.T. 



