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NATURAL HISTORY. 



and mice, and its presence 

 about barns and dove-cots 

 should be encouraged. It 

 conceals itself in the day- 

 time in old trees, in barn- 

 lofts, etc., and at night sal- 

 lies forth in search of its 

 prey. 



234. Of the aberrant 

 species, the Snowy Owl, 

 Fig. 115^ is one of the 

 largest. You see that this 

 has not the disk around 

 the eye which the Barn 

 Owl has, and its shape is 

 much like that of the Eagle tribe. This bird is found in 

 the northern regions of both hemispheres. Its snowy 



Fig. 114. The Barn Owl. 



Fig. 115 The Snowy Owl. 



