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" I have seen a young Barn Owl take down nine 

 full-grown mice one after another till the tail of 

 the ninth stuck out of his mouth, and in three 

 hours' time the young ' gourmand ' was crying out 

 for more." 



Fig. 6. 



From Deir-el-Bahari. 



