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the next morning M. Cronstedt found a young 
Partridge lying dead before the door of the 
coop. He immediately concluded that this 
provision had been brought thither by the old 
Owls; which he supposed had been making 
search in the night-time for their lost young 
one, and had been led to the place of its con- 
finement by its cry. This proved to have 
been the case, by the same mark of attention 
being repeated for fourteen successive nights. 
The game which the old ones carried to it con- 
sisted principally of young Partridges, for the 
most part newly killed, but sometimes a little 
spoiled. One day a Moor-fowl was brought 
so fresh that it was still warm under the wings. 
A putrid Lamb was also found at another 
time, probably what had been spoiled by lying 
long in the nest of the old Owls ; and it is sup- 
posed that they brought it merely because 
they had no better provision at the time. M. 
Cronstedt and his servants watched at a win- 
dow several nights, that they might observe, 
if possible, when this supply was deposited. 
Their plan did not succeed, but it appeared 
that these Owls, which are very sharp-sighted, 
had discovered the moment when the window 
