ASNAPPER. 



THE BROWN OWL. 



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HILST enjoying 

 the fresh beauty of 

 my garden in the 

 month of May, with 

 its wealth of flowers and rich 

 variety of leafage, my eyes 

 happened to light upon a grey- 

 ish tuft of feathers in a rhodo- 

 dendron bush. Curiosity led me to 

 examine this tuft more closely, when, to my surprise, 

 I found it was a young brown owl alive, but in a 



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