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day. It seems as if he were saying, “See me make my 
wraps as big and thick as I can.” 
Many of the birds that sit up and fly about all the 
long cold night are more warmly clothed than most day 
birds, who tuck themselves into bed as soon as the sun 
sets. Examine the owls and see how warmly they 
SHORT-EARED OWL. 
dress. Many of them wear trousers of feathers, reach- 
ing to the knees or coming low down to the ankles. 
Often their feet are covered with feathers down to their 
sharp claws. ‘Their necks, too, are all wrapped up with 
feathers, like comforters or woollen scarfs, so that only 
the bill may be seen. 
It gets pretty cold in the middle of the night, and 
