BARN OWL, WHITE OWL, SCREECH OWL 37 
“I have seen a young Barn Owl take down nine 
full-grown mice one after another till the tail of 
the ninth stuck out of his mouth, and in three 
hours’ time the young ‘ gourmand’ was crying out 
for more.” 
Fic. 6. 
From Deir-el-Bahari. 
