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But I can say, in the language of Cowper,— 

“ The jay, the pie, and e’en the boding owl, 
That hails the rising moon, h h fi 
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Yet heard in scenes where peace forever reigns, 
And only these, please highly for their sake.” 
The Screech-owl breeds in hollow trees, more commonly 
the apple tree, often but a few feet from the ground. Their 
nest is composed of grass, leaves, and feathers, and contains 
from four to six white eggs, nearly round. ‘There is no ap- 
parent difference in the eggs of the Red and Mottled Owl. 
Wishing to obtain the eggs of the Red Owl, I requested a 
friend to secure me some from a nest that had been occu- 
pied by the same pair for years. Thrusting his hand into. 
the hole, he withdrew it again in a hurry. In looking into 
the aperture, the eyes and ears of an owl were quite appa- 
tent, but the feathers were fur. The occupant proved to be 
Mrs. Puss, with her family of four kittens. This is the sec- 
ond instance of the kind that has come to my knowledge, 
tnd no doubt the modus operandi by which this transforma- 
tion occurs can be easily explained by the superstitious, as 
did the ancients the metamorphosing of Jupiter into a bull. 
[This article was received May 16th, and put in type before Mr. Allen’s 
“Notes,” given in the August number, were received. — EDITORS. 

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Huxley “On the Animals which are most nearly interme- 
iy r Dinosaurians, in the Pterodactyle, and especially in sie appoi 
an. reptile-like bird, Archwopteryx, of the Oölite formation; : A T 
odit, Some bird-like, others reptile-like, which lived during the 
saa Connecticut Valley. i bas ea 
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Moan gt no Ak jot. carn anal fa ania any now living, ee 
doctrine of chances, it would be the height of improbability 

