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SHOET-EAEED OWL. 



WOODCOCK OWL. SHOKT-HORNED OWL. HAWK OWL. MOUSE HAWK. 



PLATE XXII. PIG. I. 



Strix brackyotos, MONTAGU. BEWICK. 



" ulula, LATHAM. 



Otus brachyotos, SELBY. GOULD. 



THE nest of the Short-eared Owl is placed on the ground among 

 long grass, heather, rushes, or fern, and is composed of moss, hay, 

 or grass, or even formed by a mere hollow in the earth. 



The young have been found seated on the ground near the nest 

 before they were able to fly. 



The eggs are white, of a rotund form, and from throe to five in 

 number. 



