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owls, which live in dark holes and feetl upon small mammals 

 at night, are found over most of the globe. (Jur commonest 

 species is the reddish gray screech owl.- The great horned 



Fig. 363. — Sharp-shinned h;iwk (,4c- 

 cipiter veloi'). 



Fig. 3G4. — Screerh owl (Megascops 

 asio). 



owl is an inhabitant of wooded tracts, and is destructive to 

 poultr.v and small mammals. The snowy owl is one of the 

 handsomest of all owls, and is fref|uently seen stuffed in 

 houses in Europe as well as in North America. 



The parrots and cockatoos (Psittaci) are sometimes called 



2 Fig. 364. 



