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number: some writers say three to ten. I know of several authentic sets of eK\<>n. 

 Their color is plain, dead white; their shape ovate. Six specimens measure 1.75x1.35, 

 1.67x1.30. 1.79x1.33. 1.67x1.34. 1.72x1.35, 1.68x1.29. Twenty-eight specimens have 

 an average size of 1.74x1.30. The largest egg of the Owl of which I have any record 

 is in the collection of Joseph M. Wade, of Boston, Massachusetts; it measures 



BAR* OwtS (Fr 



366. AMERICAN LONG-EARED OWL. .l*/o irilsnuinim* (Less.) Geog. 

 Dist Temperate North America, south into Mexico. 



The Long-enred Owl Is a common resident and generally distributed throughout 

 North America at largo. It Is of nocturnal habits, thus escaping observation, even 

 where It i* very common. Its food consists chiefly of mice ami other small rodents. 

 Breeds In suitable places wherever found. -r preens are favorite re- 



