STORIES ABOUT BIRDS. 185 



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GENTLEMAN wlio took great inter- 

 est in becoming acquainted with 

 the habits of birds, resided for 

 several years at a farm-house near 

 a steep hill, on the summit of which a pair of 

 horned owls had their nest. One day in July, 

 a young owl, having quitted the nest, was 

 caught by a servant of this gentleman. He 

 shut the little fellow up in a large hen-coop. 

 The next morning, when one of the members 

 of the family visited the hen-coop, a young 

 partridge was found lying dead near the coop. 

 The gentleman made up his mind that the 

 partridge had been brought there by the 

 parents of the owl, who had heard the cry of 

 the young one, and in this way found out 

 where he was confined. The surmises of this 

 gentleman afterward proved to be correct. 



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