NESTING OF THE EAGLE OWL AT 

 CEOYDON. 



AT a meeting of the Croydon Microscopical Club, 

 held on the 17th April, 1872 (Mr. Henry Lee, 

 F.L.S., F.Z.S., President, in the chair), a paper was 

 read by Mr. N. L. Austen, F.L.S., on the nesting 

 of the eagle owl at Croydon. Although it is not 

 unusual for owls of this species to lay eggs in con- 

 finement, it seldom happens that the young are 

 successfully reared. Mr. Austen has succeeded so 

 well in bringing up the young in his own aviary 

 at Croydon that his remarks on their treatment, 

 behaviour, and growth, as detailed in the following 

 report, will be read, we feel sure, by all naturalists 

 with interest : 



A male and female eagle owl in my possession 

 paired in January, 1870. In the course of the 

 previous autumn, in expectation of such an event, 



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