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left through which it is peeping when its eyes would seem to be 

 shut, and it has the singular faculty of being able to close one 

 eye while the other is not shut, so that it may appear wide 

 awake on one side while apparently asleep on the other, or if 

 asleep, may be so literally with one eye open. The ears are 

 raised by excitement ; at other times they are depressed." 



On its head this owl has two tufts of feathers which look like 

 donkey's ears, and give it its name. It is common in many 





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COMMON- PARTRIDGE. 



parts of England, and frequents thick fir-woods, where it builds 

 in old nests of crows and hawks, or even squirrels, which it 

 lines with wool, and in which it lays two or three round white 

 eggs. 



Jimmy sadly wanted to take one of the young ones home, 

 but the hawks were as much as they could manage in the yacht, 

 and after all, the owl would be of no use to them, and it might 



