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owl squat at the bottom of the same hiding hole, where 

 they are sometimes fomid surrounded by the most unex- 



174. Nest of the BuiTowiug-owl {Strix cunicularia, Ch. Bonaparte), and Section ot its Burrow. 



pected guests : in the midst of a company of toads, rattle- 

 snakes, and lizards ! 



