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Some Owls in My Aviaries. 
One reads in nature stories, now so popular in the monthly 
magazines, of the great strength of Owls and other birds of 
prey, and quite recently I saw it stated that a Virginian Owl 
Plioto by IV. Shore Baily. 
Bengal Eagle Owl {Bubo bciigalcnsis). 
had carried off a hen turkey from the nest, after having devoured 
a clutch of a dozen eggs or so. All I can say is, that if 
p virgiuianus is capable of carrying off a 151b. turkey. Bubo 
