burrowing OWL. 
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toes* wifiT*, 8 ^ sornc mouldering wall, whose ragged- 
iniaein-it; S '? If T softened by the mellowing moonlight, 
hooting l0V u eS ‘° view llim a * a malignant spirit, 
lint we m P* lautl y over the surrounding desolation ! 
®n owl t„ „ w°i' V <0 mabe the reader aequainted with 
a bird fi,, f uch none of these associations can belong; 
'habitation =’ r° ™ !' om seeking refuge in the ruined 
and, i nst „' i ™ an > h sea its residence within the earth; 
of the Lk !, 0 i ^“pealing itself in solitary recesses 
company delights to dwell on open plains, in 
^Position 1 11 !ui imals remarkable for their social 
Wavil v u’rt, - ea !;? ess » am ' order. Instead of sailing 
twiliof. . 111 , I ” t ' le obscurity of the evening or morning 
VenitVr,- j! ‘ 1011 re treating to mope away the inter- 
noonday sun ’anT ,?"• C11 i°y s tile broadest glare of the 
or pleasure dm-; ’ ra,,i<,1 - v along, searches for food 
- The vot .n ^ the cheerful light of day. 
indebted to u S t nafuru i science must always feel 
r 'ch collection*, a " fl indefatigable Say, for the 
nilieg have l„. acts le * las made whenever opportu- 
jn&tance of ti, ' <>U P r * s ? n ted, but more cspccitdly in the 
in this co„„+ 1S ' *' r T s,n gnlar bird, whose places of resort 
pleasure of ex ‘ * l - re - lo< l * :,r distant to allow many the 
disposed to S“; lni “? for themselves. We feel doubly 
°f our bird am j '! la< ;. t lu materials for the history 
account of til,.;,- If 0 " 1 bis ample store, both on 
affords us an O nno * ltri . us ' c excellence, and because it 
H'e zeal, talents 1 of . Slicing our admiration of 
n>an to the most lion mtp f> rlt y> which have raised this 
11 naturalist ° 10Urabloa n d enviable eminence ; 
^.ates, the burrowing owl J ! i r [ ltor “' s of . the United 
. of the Marmot, or P^iZ “ 
Rations are so commodious aVto l? \ W '° Se ® xca ’ 
that our . to 1 ender it unnecessary 
in othey , f ! dl ^ 0r he is said to do 
exist -rn 4 o( ! !"‘ "' or]d > wh «re no burrowing animals 
>n their I llla?cs F® v ‘' r y numerous, and variable 
Wn| at otl ,^ ent > sometimes covering only a few acres, 
tners spreading over the surface of the country 
