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in the three last seasons, eighteen pairs were of the opposite colorings. 

 Of the remaining eleven pairs, seven were of the brown and four of the 

 gray phase. I took no notes of Owls seen singly or young Owls. 



The male and female are very much attached to each other and re- 

 main mated during the entire year. They feed and sleep in the same 





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