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quarter past twelve at night, yet not at all 

 dark. I was lucky enough to hit the bird, 

 but in such a manner that one side of it 

 was too much damaged to allow of stuffing 

 and preserving the specimen. (This was 

 the StriT Ulula, the Latin description of 

 which, made on the spot, is given, some- 

 what corrected, in the Fauna Suecica ; 

 but the annexed sketch is too great a cu- 

 riosity to be suppressed). 



