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at night to feed upon rabbits, moles, rats, mice, 

 frogs, and insects. 



When Asnapper had more food than he could 

 consume at one meal he would hide the rest, taking 

 pains to secrete his choice morsels in some dark 



YOUNG BROWN OWL (ASNAPPER). 



corner where he thought we could not sec them 

 His soft blue eyes used to look very roguish as 

 he peered round to see if we were watching him ; 

 those eyes, by the way, changed to a rich dark 

 brown as he grew older, and would be, I fancy 

 quite black when full grown. 



