56 BIRDS' NESTS. 



last contained six young owls of three different 

 ages, all of which were reared. (Fig. 1.) The 

 eggs of the Tawny Owl, Syrnium stridula, are 

 usually laid in a hole of a tree. They are 

 larger than those of the Barn Owl, and are 

 generally three or four in number. After the 

 young have left the nest, they perch among the 

 branches of the tree near the nest, where 

 the parent birds still continue to feed them. 

 They are easily reared by hand, and if, when 

 thoroughly fledged, they are allowed to have 

 their liberty, they rarely fail to frequent the 

 place where they were brought up. 



WOOD-PIGEON oil RING DOVE. Columla 

 Palumbus. 



THE Wood-Pigeon builds its nest of a few 

 sticks, loosely put together, on the stout branch 

 of a tree, a spreading bough, the fork of a fir 

 or other tree, or on a massive bunch of ivy, 

 usually not less than fifteen feet from the 



