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LONG-EARED OWL. 



LONG-HOENED OWL. 

 PLATE XXII. PIG. II. 



Strix otw, LINK^US. LATHAM. 



Otus vulgaris, FLEMING. SELBY. 



THE nidifi cation of this species commences in March. 



Other birds' nests, such as crows, magpies, and ring-doves, are 

 generally, if not always, fitted up by the one before us as its 

 domicile, by flattening them and lining them with a few feathers or 

 a little wool. It sometimes even locates itself in that of a squirrel, 

 and is not deterred by its not being far from the ground. 



The eggs, which are of a round shape, and white, are generally 

 two in number, but sometimes three or four, and some writers say 

 five. They are laid about the end of March or the beginning of 

 April, by the latter end of which month the young are hatched. 



