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NB8T8 AND EGGS OF 



number; some writers say three to ten. I know of several authentic sets oiE eleven. 

 Their color is plain, dead white; their shape ovate. Six specimens measure 1.75x1.35, 

 1.67x1.30, 1.79x1.33, 1.67x1.34, 1.72x1.35, 1.68x1.29. Twenty-eight specimens have 

 an average size of 1.74x1.30. The largest egg of the Owl of which I have any record 

 is in the collection of Joseph M. Wade, of Boston, Massachusetts; it measures 

 1.97x1.40. 



* « Barh OW1.S (From Brehni). 



rlr-*- 366. AMEBICAir LOITG-EABEI) OWL. Agin icilsoiiiaiius (Less.) Geog. 

 Dist.— Temperate North America, south into Mexico. 



The Long-eared Owl is a common resident and generally distributed throughout 

 North America at large. It is of nocturnal habits, thus escaping observation, even 

 where it is very common. Its food consists chiefly of mice and other small rodents. 

 Breeds in suitable places wherever found. Forests of evergreens are favorite re- 



